THE BOOK OF

COMMON PRAYER,

AND ADMINISTRATION OF

THE SACRAMENTS,

AND

OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES

OP

THE CHURCH,

ACCORDING TO THE USE OF

THE UNITED CHURCH OF

ENGLAND AND IRELAND:

TOGETHER WITH

The Psalter or Psalms of David,

POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES.

OXFORD:

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THE

CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK.

1. THE Preface.

2. Concerning the Service of the

Church.

3. Concerning Ceremonies, why some

be abolished, and some re
tained.

4. The Order how the Psalter is ap

pointed to be read.

5. The Order how the rest of the holy

Scripture is appointed to be
read.

6. A Table of Proper Lessons and

Psalms.

7. The Calendar, with the Table of

Lessons.
(8. Tables and Rules for the Feasts and

Fasts through the whole Year.
9. The Order for Morning Prayer.

10. The Order for Evening Prayer.

11. The Creed of St. Athanasius.

12. The Litany.

13. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon

several occasions.

14. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels,

to be used at the Ministration of
the holy Communion, through
out the Year.

15. The Order of the Ministration of

the hoiy Communion.

16. The Order of Baptism both Publick

and Private.

17. The Order of Baptism for those of

riper Years.

18. The Catechism.

19. The Order of Confirmation.

20. The Form of Solemnization of Ma

trimony.

21. The Order for the Visitation of

the Sick, and the Communion of
the Sick.

22. The Order for the Burial of the

Dead.

23. Thanksgiving of Women after

Child-birth.

24. A Commination, or denouncing of

God's anger and judgements a-
gainst sinners.

25. The Psalter.

26. Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

27. A Form of Prayer for the Fifth Day

of November.

28. A Form of Prayer for the Thirtieth

Day of January.

29. A Form of Prayer for the Twenty-

ninth Day of May.

30. A Form of Prayer for the Twenty-

fifth Day of October.

31. Articles of Religion.

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THE PREFACE.

IT hath been the wisdom of the
Church of England, ever since
the first compiling of her Publick
Liturgy, to keep the mean between
the two extremes, of too much stiff
ness in refusing, and of too much easi
ness in admitting any variation from
it. For, as on the one side common
experience sheweth, that where a
change hath been made of things ad
visedly established (no evident neces
sity so requiring) sundry inconveni
ences have thereupon ensued ; and
those many times more and greater
than the evils, that were intended to be
remedied by such change : So on the
other side, the particular Forms of
Divine worship, and the Rites and
Ceremonies appointed to be used
therein, being things in their own na
ture indifferent, and alterable, and so
acknowledged; it is but reasonable,
that upon weighty and important con
siderations, according to the various
exigency of times and occasions, such
changes and alterations should be
made therein, as to those that are in
place of Authority should from time
to time seem either necessary or ex
pedient. Accordingly we find, that
in the Reigns of several Princes of
blessed memory since the Reforma
tion, the Church, upon just and
weighty considerations her thereunto
moving, hath yielded to make such
alterations in some particulars, as in
their respective times were thought
convenient : Yet so, as that the main
Body and Essentials of it (as well in
the chiefest materials, as in the frame
and order thereof) have still continued
the same unto this day, and do yet
stand firm and unshaken, notwith
standing all the vain attempts and im
petuous assaults made against it, by
such men as are given to change, and
have always discovered a greater re
gard to their own private fancies and
interests, than to that duty they owe
to the publick.

By what undue means, and for what
mischievous purposes the use of the
Liturgy (though enjoined by the Laws

of the Land, and those Laws never
yet repealed) came, during the late
unhappy confusions, to be discon
tinued, is too well known to the world,
and we are not willing here to remem
ber. But when, upon His Majesty's
happy Restoration, it seemed pro
bable, that, amongst other things, the
use of the Liturgy would also return
of course (the same having never beeu
legally abolished) unless some timely
means were used to prevent it ; those
men who under the late usurped
powers had made it a great part of
their business to render the people dis
affected thereunto, saw themselves in
point of Reputation and Interest con
cerned (unless they would freely ac
knowledge themselves to have erred,
which such men are very hardly
brought to do) with their utmost en
deavours to hinder the restitution
thereof. In order whereunto divers
Pamphlets were published against the
Book of Common Prayer, the old
Objections mustered up, with the ad
dition of some new ones, more than
formerly had been made, to make the
number swell. In fine, great impor
tunities were used to His Sacred Ma
jesty, that the said Book might be re
vised, and such Alterations therein,
and Additions thereunto made, as
should be thought requisite for the
ease of tender Consciences : whereunto
His Majesty, out of his pious inclina
tion to give satisfaction (so far as could
be reasonably expected) to all his sub
jects of what persuasion soever, did
graciously condescend.

In which review we have endea
voured to observe the like moderation,
as we find to have been used in the
like case in former times. And there
fore of the sundry alterations pro
posed unto us, we have rejected all
such as were either of dangerous con
sequence (ag secretly striking at some
established Doctrine, or laudable Prac
tice of the Church of England, or
indeed of the whole Catholick Church
of Ciirist) or else of no consequence
at all, but utterly frivolous and vaiu.
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THE PREFACE.

But such alterations as were tendered
to us (by what persons, under what
pretences, or to what purpose soever
tendered) as seemed to us in any de
gree requisite or expedient, we have
willingly, and of our own accord as
sented unto : not enforced so to do by
any strength of Argument, convincing
us of the necessity of making the said
Alterations : For we are fully per
suaded in our judgements (and we here
profess it to the world) that the Book,
as it stood before established by Law,
doth not contain in it any thing con
trary to the Word of God, or to sound
Doctrine, or which a godly man may
not with a good Conscience use and
submit unto, or which is not fairly de
fensible against any that shall oppose
the same ; if it shall be allowed such
just and favourable construction as in
common Equity ought to be allowed
to all human Writings, especially such
as are set forth by Authority, and even
to the very best translations of the
holy Scripture itself.

Our general aim therefore in this
undertaking was, not to gratify this or
that party in any their unreasonable
demands; but to do that, which to
our best understandings we conceived
might most tend to the preservation of
Peace and Unity hi the Church ; the
procuring of Reverence, and exciting
of Piety and Devotion in the publick
Worship of God ; and the cutting off
occasion from them that seek occa
sion of cavil or quarrel against the
Liturgy of the Church. And as to
the several variations from the former
Book, whether by Alteration, Addi
tion, or otherwise, it shall suffice to
give this general account, That most
of the Alterations were made, either
first, for the better direction of them
that are to officiate in any part of
Divine Service ; which is chiefly done
in the Calendars and Rubricks : Or
secondly, for the more proper express
ing of some words or phrases of an
cient usage in terms more suitable to
the language of the present times, and
the clearer explanation of some other

words and phrases, that were either of
doubtful signification, or otherwise
liable to misconstruction : Or thirdly,
for a more perfect rendering of such
portions of holy Scripture, as are in
serted into the Liturgy ; which, in the
Epistles and Gospels especially, and
in sundry other places, are now order
ed to be read according to the last
Translation : and that it was thought
convenient, that some Prayers and
Thanksgivings, fitted to special oc
casions, should be added in their due
places ; particularly for those at Sea,
together with an Office for the Baptism
of such as are of riper years : which,
although not so necessary when the
fonner Book was compiled, yet by the
growth of Anabaptisra, through the
licentiousness of the late times crept
in amongst us, is now become neces
sary, and may be always useful for the
baptizing of Natives in our Planta
tions, and others converted to the
Faith. If any man, who shall de
sire a moje particular account of
the several Alterations in any part
of the Liturgy, shall take the pains
to compare the present Book with
the former; we doubt not but the
reason of the change may easily
appear.

And having thus endeavoured to
discharge our duties in this weighty
affair, as in the sight of God, and to
approve our sincerity therein (so far as
lay in us) to the consciences of all
men ; although we know it impossible
(in such variety of apprehensions, hu
mours, and interests, as are in the
world) to please all; nor can expect
that men of factious, peevish, and per
verse spirits should be satisfied with
any thing that can be done in this
kind by any other than themselves:
Yet we have good hope, that what is
here presented, and hath been by the
Convocations of both Provinces with
great diligence examined and approv
ed, will be also well accepted and ap
proved by all sober, peaceable, and
truly conscientious Sons of the Church
of England.

Concerning the Service of the Church.

THERE was never any thing by
the wit of man so well devised,
or so sure established, which in conti
nuance of time hath not been corrupt
ed: As, among other things, it may
plainly appear by the Common Pray
ers in the Church, commonly called
Divine Service. The first original and
ground whereof if a man would search
out by the ancient Fathers, he shall
find, that the same was not ordained
but of a good purpose, and for a
great advancement of godliness. For
they so ordered the matter, that all
the whole Bible ( or the greatest part
thereof) should be read over once
every year; intending thereby, that
the Clergy, and especially such as were
Ministers in the Congregation, should
(by often reading, and meditation in
God's word) be stirred up to godli
ness themselves) and be more able to
exhort others by wholesome Doctrine,
and to confute them that were adver
saries to the Truth ; and further, that
the people (by daily hearing of holy
Scripture read in the Church) might
continually profit more and more in
the knowledge of God, and be the
more inflamed with the love of his
true Religion.

But these many years passed, this
godly and decent order of the ancient
Fathers hath been so altered, broken,
and neglected, by planting in uncertain
Stories, and Legends, with multitude
of Responds, Verses, vain Repetitions,
Commemorations, and Synodals ; that
commonly when any Book of the
Bible was begun, after three or four
Chapters were read out, all the rest
were unread. And in this sort the
Book of Isaiah was begun in Advent,
and the Book of Genesis in Septua-
gesima ; but they were only begun,
and never read through: After like
sort were other Books of holy Scrip
ture used. And moreover, whereas
St. Paul would have such language
spoken to the people in the Church,
as they might understand, and have
profit by hearing the same ; The Ser
vice in this Church of England these

many years hath been read in Latin
to the people, which they understand
not; so that they have heard with
their ears only, and their heart, spirit,
and mind, have not been edified there
by. And furthermore, notwithstand
ing that the ancient Fathers have di
vided the Psalms into seven Portions,
whereof every one was called a Noc-
turn: Now of late time a few of
them have been daily said, and the
rest utterly omitted. Moreover, the
number and hardness of the Rules
called the Piet and the manifold
changings of the Service, was the
cause, that to turn the Book only was
so hard and intricate a matter, that
many times there was more business
to find out what should be read, than
to read it when it was found out.

These inconveniences therefore
considered, here is set forth such an
Order, whereby the same shall be re
dressed. And for a readiness in this
matter, here is drawn out a Calendar
for that purpose, which is plain and
easy to be understood ; wherein (so
much as may be) the reading of holy
Scripture is so set forth, that all things
shall be done in order, without break
ing one piece from another. For this
cause be cut off Anthems, Responds,
Invitatories, and such like things as
did break the continual course of the
reading of the Scripture.

Yet, because there is no remedy,
but that of necessity there must be
some Rules; therefore certain Rules
are here set forth ; which, as they are
few in number, so they are plain and
easy to be understood. So that here
you have an Order for Prayer, and
for the reading of the holy Scripture,
much agreeable to the mind and pur
pose of the old Fathers, and a great
deal more profitable and commodious,
than that which of late was used. It
is more profitable, because here are
left out many things, whereof some
are untrue, some uncertain, some vain
and superstitious ; and nothing is or
dained to be read, but the very pure
Word of God, the holy Scriptures, or
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Of Ceremonies.

that which is agreeable to the same ;
and that in such a Language and Order
as is most easy and plain for the un
derstanding both of the Readers and
Hearers. It is also more commodi
ous, both for the shortness thereof,
and for the plainness of the Order,
and for that the Rules be few and
easy.

And whereas heretofore there hath
been great diversity in saying and
singing in Churches within this Realm ;
some following Salisbury Use, some
Hereford Use, and some the Use of
Bangor, some of York, some of Lin
coln; now from henceforth all the
whole Realm shall have but one
Use.

And forasmuch as nothing can be
so plainly set forth, but doubts may
arise in the use and practice of the
same ; to appease all such diversity (if
any arise) and for the resolution of all
doubts, concerning the manner how
to understand, do, and execute, the
things contained in this Book; the
parties that so doubt, or diversly take
any thing, shall alway resort to the
Bishop of the Diocese, who by his
discretion shall take order for the
quieting and appeasing of the same ;

so that the same order be not con
trary to any thing contained in this
Book. And if the Bishop of the
Diocese be in doubt, then he may
send for the resolution thereof to the
Archbishop.

THOUGH it be appointed, That
all things shall be read and sung
in the Church in the English Tongue,
to the end that the congregation may
be thereby edified ; yet it is not
meant, but that when men say Morn
ing and Evening Prayer privately, they
may say the same in any language that
they themselves do understand.

And all Priests and Deacons are to
say daily the Morning and Evening
Prayer either privately or openly, not
being let by sickness, or some other
urgent cause.

And the Curate that ministereth in
every Parish-Church or Chapel, being
at home, and not being otherwise rea
sonably hindered, shall say the same
in the Parish-Church or Chapel where
he ministereth, and shall cause a Bell
to be tolled thereunto a convenient
time before he begin, that the people
may come to hear God's Word, and
to pray with him.

Of Ceremonies, why some be abolished, and some retained.

OF such Ceremonies as be used in
the Church, and have had their
beginning by the institution of man,
some at the first were of godly intent
and purpose devised, and yet at length
turned to vanity and superstition :
some entered into the Church by un-
discreet devotion, and such a zeal as
was without knowledge ; and for be
cause they were winked at in the be
ginning, they grew daily to more and
more abuses, which not only for their
unprofitableness, but also because they
have much blinded the people, and
obscured the glory of God, are worthy
to be cut away, and clean rejected :
other there be, which although they

have been devised by man, yet it is
thought good to reserve them still, as
well for a decent order in the Church,
(for the which they were first devised)
as because they pertain to edification,
whereunto all things done in the
Church (as the Apostle teacheth)
ought to be referred.

And although the keeping or omit
ting of a Ceremony, in itself con
sidered, is but a small thing ; yet the
wilful and contemptuous transgression
and breaking of a common order and
discipline is no small offence before
God, Let all things be done among
you, saith St. Paul, in a seemly and
due order ; The appointment of the

Of Ceremonies.

\vhich order pertaineth not to private
men ; therefore no man ought to take
in hand, nor presume to appoint or
alter any publick or common Order
in Christ's Church, except he be law
fully called and authorized thereunto.

And whereas in tin's our time, the
minds of men are so diverse, that
some think it a great matter of con
science to depart from a piece of the
least of their Ceremonies, they be so
addicted to their old customs ; and
again on the other side, some be so
new-fangled, that they would inno
vate all things, and so despise the old,
that nothing can like them, but that
is new : it was thought expedient, not
so much to have respect how to please
and satisfy either of these parties, as
how to please God, and profit them
both. And yet lest any man should
be offended, whom good reason might
satisfy, here be certain causes ren
dered, why some of the accustomed
Ceremonies be put away, and some
retained and kept still.

Some are put away, because the
great excess and multitude of them
hath so increased in these latter days,
that the burden of them was intolera
ble; whereof Saint Augustine in his
time complained, that they were
grown to such a number, that the
estate of Christian people was in
worse case concerning that matter,
than were the Jews. And he coun
selled that such yoke and burden
should be taken away, as time would
serve quietly to do it. But what
would Saint Augustine have said, if
he had seen the Ceremonies of late
days used among us ; whereunto the
multitude used in his time was not to
be compared 1 This our excessive mul
titude of Ceremonies was so great,
and many of them so dark, that they
did more confound and darken, than
declare and set forth Christ's benefits
unto us. And besides this, Christ's
Gospel is not a Ceremonial Law, (as
much of Moses' Law was,) but it is a
Religion to serve God, not in bond
age of the figure or shadow, but in

the freedom of the Spirit ; being con
tent only with those Ceremonies which
do serve to a decent Order and godly
Discipline, and such as be apt to stir
up the dull mind of man to the re
membrance of his duty to God, by
some notable and special signification,
whereby he might be edified. Fur
thermore, the most weighty cause of
the abolishment of certain Ceremo
nies was, That they were so far abused,
partly by the superstitious blindness of
the rude and unlearned, and partly
by the unsatiable avarice of such as
sought more their own lucre, than
the glory of God, that the abuses
could not well be taken away, the
thing remaining still.

But now as concerning those per
sons, which peradventure will be of
fended, for that some of the old
Ceremonies are retained still : If they
consider that without some Ceremo
nies it is not possible to keep any
Order, or quiet Discipline in the
Church, they shall easily perceive just
cause to reform their judgements. And
if they think much, that any of the
old do remain, and would rather have
all devised anew: then such meu
granting some Ceremonies convenient
to be had, surely where the old may
be well used, there they cannot rea
sonably reprove the old only for their
age, without bewraying of their own
folly. For in such a case they ought
rather to have reverence unto them
for their antiquity, if they will declare
themselves to be more studious of
unity and concord, than of innovations
and new-fangleness, which (as much
as may be with true setting forth of
Christ's Religion) is always to be es
chewed/ Furthermore, such shall
have no just cause with the Ceremo
nies reserved to be offended. For as
those be taken away which were most
abused, and did burden men's con
sciences without any cause ; so the
other that remain, are retained for a
discipline and order, which (upon just
causes) may be altered and changed,
and therefore are not to be esteemed
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Of Ceremonies.

equal with Cod's Law. And more
over, they be neither dark nor dumb
Ceremonies, but are so set forth, that
every man may understand what they
do mean, and to what use they do
serve. So that it is not like that they
in time to come should be abused as
other have been. And in these our
doings we condemn no other Nations,
nor prescribe any thing but to our
own people only: For we think it

convenient, that every Country should
use such Ceremonies as they shall
think best to the setting forth of God's
honour and glory, and to the re
ducing of the people to a most per
fect and godly living, without error or
superstition ; and that they should put
away other things, which from time to
time they perceive to be most abused,
as in men's ordinances it often chanceth
diversly in divers countries.

The Order how the, Psalter is appointed to be read.

THE Psalter shall be read through
once every Month, as it is there
appointed, both for Morning and
Evening Prayer. But in February
it shall be read only to the twenty-
eighth or twenty-ninth day of the
Month.

And, whereas January, March,
May, July, August, October, and
December have One-and-thirty days
apiece ; It is ordered, that the same
Psalms shall be read the last day of
the said months, which were read the
day before : So that the Psalter may
begin again the first day of the next
month ensuing.

And, whereas the 119th Psalm is
divided into twenty-two portions, and

is over-long to be read at one time ;
It is so ordered, that at one time
shall not be read above four or five
of the said portions.

And at the end of every Psalm, and
of every such part of the 1 19th Psalm,
shall be repeated this Hymn,

Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son : and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be : world without end.
Amen.

Note, that the Psalter followeth
the Division of the Hebrews, and the
Translation of the great English Bible,
set forth and used in the time of King
Henry the Eighth, and Edward the
Sixth.

5F The Order how the rest of holy Scripture is appointed to be read.

TH E Old Testament is appointed
for the first Lessons at Morning
and Evening Prayer ; so as the most
part thereof will be read every year
once, as in the Calendar is appointed.

The New Testament is appointed
for the second Lessons at Morning and
Evening Prayer, and shall be read
over orderly every year thrice, besides
the Epistles and Gospels ; except the
Apocalypse, out of which there are
only certain Proper Lessons appointed
upon divers Feasts.

Aud to know what Lessons shall be
read every day, look for the day of
the Month in the Calendar following,
and there ye shall find the Chapters
that shall be read for the Lessons

both at Morning and Evening Prayer ;
except only the Moveable Feasts,
which are not in the Calendar, and
the Immoveable, where there is a
blank left in the Column of Lessons,
the Proper Lessons for all which days
are to be found in the Table of Pro
per Lessons.

And note, that whensoever Proper
Psalms or Lessons are appointed ; then
the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary
course appointed in the Psalter and
Calendar (if they be different) shall be
omitted for that time.

Note also, that the Collect, Epistle,
and Gospel, appointed for the Sunday
shall serve all the week after, where it
is mot in this Book otherwise ordered.

If PROPER LESSONS

To be read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on the Sundays, and
other Holy-days throughout the Year.

f Lessons proper for Sundays.

Sundays of

Advent.
The first —

Sundays after
Christmas.

The first

2

Sundays after
the Epiphany.

The first

2
3

Septuagesima. -
Sexagesima. — —
Quinquagesima.

1 Lesson —

2 Lesson

Easter-day.

1 Lesson —

2 Lesson

Sundays after

Easter.
The first

3

Mat tins.

Genesis 1

Matth. 26

Exodus 12
Rom.

Numb. 16

23, 24

Deut. 4

Num. — 22

Deut. - 5

Sundays after
Easter.

Sunday after

Whit-Sunday.

1 Lesson —

2 Lesson —

Trinity-Sunday

1 Lesson —

2 Lesson —

Sundays aftei

Trinity.
The first —

-16. fov.18
Acts —10
(ver. 34
Genesis 1
Matth.— 3

Joshua 10
Judges— 4
1 Sam. — 2

•4 n

Isaiah -11
Acts 19. to
(ver. 21
Genesis 18
1 John— 5

Joshua 23
Judges — 5
iSam.— 3

24

Daniel — 6
Micah — 6
Prov. 1

a

-12
-11

19

1T Lessons proper for Holy-days.

Mattins.

Evensong.

Mattins.

Evensong.

S. Andrew.--

Prov. —20

Prov.— 21

Thursday before

Easter.

S. Thomas the

1 Lesson —

Daniel — 9

Jerem.-31

Apostle.

I . I IMPM, ^^

'" ' "" -*4

2 Lesson —

John —13

Nativity of
Christ.
1 Lesson —
2 Lesson —

(ver. 8
Isaiah 9. to
Luke 2. to

(to v. 17
Isai.7.v.lO
Titus3.v.4

Good-Friday.
1 Lesson —
2 Lesson —

(to v. 20
Genesis 22
John— 18

Isaiah -53
1 Peter— 2

(ver. 15

(to ver. 9

Easter-Even.

S. Stephen.

1 Lesson —

Zech. 9

Exodus 13

1 Lesson —

Prov.— 28

Eccles.— 4

2 Lesson —

Luke -23.

Heb. 4

2 Lesson —

Acts6.v.8.

Acts7v.30

Monday in

(ver. 50

and ch. 7.

(to v. 55

Easter-Week.

to ver. 30

1 Lesson —

Exodus 16

Exodus 17

S. John, Evang.

2 Lesson

Matth.-28

Acts 3

1 Lesson —

Eccles.— 5

Eccles. — 6

2 Lesson—

Rev. 1

Rev. 22

Tuesday in

Easter-Week.

Innocents' Day.

Jerem.-31

Wisd. — 1

1 Lesson

Exodus 20

Exodus 32

(to v. 18

2 Lesson —

Luke 24. to

1 Cor. -15

Circumcision.

(ver. 12

(ver. 13

1 Lesson——

Genesis 17

Deut. -10.

2 Lesson —

Rom. — 2

Coloss. -2

S. Mark.

Ecclus. -4

Ecclus. -5

S. Philip and

Epiphany.

S. James.

1 Lesson —

Isaiah -60

Isaiah -49

1 Lesson —

7

9

2 Lesson

Luke 3. to

John 2. to

2 Lesson —

John 1. v.

— — _—

Conversion of

(ver. 23

(ver. 12

Ascension-Day.

(43

S. Paul.

1 Lesson

Deut.— 10

2 Kings-2

1 Lesson —

Wisd. 5

Wisd. 6

2 Lesson —

Luke -24.

Ephes. -4

2 Lesson —

Acts 22. to

Acts 26

(ver. 44

(to v. 17

Purification of

(ver. 22

Monday in
Whitsun-Week.

(ver. 10

(16.tov.30

the Virgin

Wisd. —9

\Vier1 1O

1 Lesson —
2 Lesson

Gen. 11. to
1 Cor.— 12

1 Cor.- 14.

ary.

S. Matthias. —

19

Ecclus. -1

Tuesday in

(to v. 26

Annunciation of

Whitsun-Week.

(ver. 18

our Lady.

Ecclus. -2

3

1 Lesson

1 Sam. -19

Deut.— 30

2 Lesson

1 Thess.-5

1 John -4

Wednesday be
fore Easter,

S. Barnabas.

v.!2tov.24

(to v. 14

1 Lesson —

Hosea -13

Hosea -14

1 Lesson

Ecclus. 10

Ecclus. 12

2 Ijecson

John 11

Arts 14

Acts 15. to

(ver. 4 5

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(ver. 36

T Lessons proper for Holy-days.

S. John Baptist.
1 Lesson

Mattins.
Malach.-3

Erensong.
Malach. 4

S. Luke.

Mattins.
Ecclus. 51

Evensong.
Job 1

2 Lesson

Matth.— 3

Matt. 14. to

S. Peter.

(ver. 13

S. Simon and

1 Lesson

Ecclus. 15

Ecclus. 19

S. Jude.

Job 24, 25

42

2 Lesson

Acts 3

Acts 4

S.James.

Ecclus. 21

Etclus. 22

All Saints.

S. Bartholomew.

24

29

1 Lesson

Wisd. 3. to

Wisd. 5. to

S. Matthew. —

35

38

(ver. 10

(ver. 17

S. Michael.

1 Lesson

Genesis 32

Dan.lO-v.5

2 Lesson —

Heb. 11. v.

Rev. 19. to

2 Lesson

Acts 12. to

Jude ver. 6

33.&ch.

(ver. 17

(ver. 20

(tov. 16

12.fr>v.7

^ Proper Psalms on certain Days.

Mattins.

Evensong.

Mattins.

Evensong.

Christmas-Day.

19, 45, 85

89, 110, 132

Easter-Day.

2, 57, 111

113,114,118

Ash-Wednesday.

6, 32, 38

102,130,143

Ascension-Day.

8, 15, 21

24,47, 108

Good-Friday.

22, 40, 54

69, 88

Whit-Sunday.

48, 68

104, 145

,

THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

JANUARY HATH XXXI. DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

A
b
c
d
e
f

I

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c
d
e
f

g
A

b
c

d
e
f

g
A

b
c
d
e
f

g
A

b
c

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2 Lesson.

1 Lesson.

2 Lesson.

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THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

FEBRUARY HATH XXVIII. DAYS,

And in every Leap-Year XXIX. Days.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29

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A

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A

b
c
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Exod.10

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I Lesson.
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14
15
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THF CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

MARCH HATH XXXI. DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

14
3

11

19
8

16
5

1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

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THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

APRIL HATH XXX. DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

13
2

10

18

7

15
4

12

1

9

17
6

1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8

9
10
11

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

g
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THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

MAY HATH XXXI. DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

1

2
3

4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

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c
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THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

JUNE HATH XXX. DAYS. j

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

i

2
3
4
d
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

19

20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

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WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

JULY HATH XXXI. DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
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WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

AUGUST HATH XXXI. DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

1

2
3
4
5

6

7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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28
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31

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THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

SEPTEMBER HATH XXX. DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

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Giles, Ab. & C.

1 Lesson.
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2 Lesson.
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THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

OCTOBER HATH XXXL DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

1

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

11

12
13
14
15
16
17
18

19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

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THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

NOVEMBER HATH XXX. DAYS.

MORNING

PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

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THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

DECEMBER HATH XXXI. DAYS.

MORNING
PRAYER.

EVENING
PRAYER.

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2
3

4
5

6

7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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TABLES AND RULES

For the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of
Fasting and Abstinence, through the whole Year.

RULES to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin.

TOASTER-DAY (on which the rest depend) is always the First Sunday after
-*-' the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day
of March ; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the
Sunday after.
Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of Saint Andrew,

whether before or after.
Septuagesima *J

f Nine

Quadragesima

Rogation-Sunday
Ascension-Day
Whit-Sunday
Trinity-Sunday

Six. J

f Five Weeks "|
j Forty Days 1 f p
1 Seven Weeks f after Easter'<

tEiSht Weeks J

A TABLE of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of
England throughout the Year.

All Sundays in the Year.

The Circumcision of our Lord

JESUS CHRIST.
The Epiphany.
The Conversion of S. Paul.
The Purification of the Blessed

Virgin.

S. Matthias the Apostle.
The Annunciation of the Blessed

Virgin.

S. Mark the Evangelist.
S. Philip £ S. James the Apostles.
The Ascension of our* Lord

JESUS CHRIST.
JS. Barnabas.
Monday and Tuesday in Easter-We£k.

rThe Nativity of S. John Baptist.
S. Peter the Apostle.
S. James the Apostle.
S. Bartholomew the Apostle.
S. Matthew the Apostle.
S. Michael and all Angels.
S. Luke the Evangelist.
S. Simon and S. Jude the Apostles.
All Saints.

S. Andrew the Apostle.
S. Thomas the Apostle.
The Nativity of our Lord.
S. Stephen the Martyr.
S. John the Evangelist.
The Holy Innocents.
Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-Week.

A TABLE of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence, to be
observed in the Year,

The Evens
or Vigils
before

'The Nativity of our Lord.
The Purification of the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Annunciation of the

Blessed Virgin.
Easter-Day.
Ascension-Day.
• Pentecost.
IS. Matthias.

The Evens
or Vigils
before

fS. John Baptist.

S. Peter.

S. James.

S. Bartholomew.

S. Matthew.

S. Simon and S. Jude.

S. Andrew.

S. Thomas.
^.All Saints.

Note, that if any of these Feast-Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast-Day shall
be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.

Days of Fasting, or Abstinence.
I. The Forty Days of Lent. /-The First Sunday in Lent.

II. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, being < The Feast of Pentecost.

the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after ^September 14, & December 13.

III. The Three Rogation-Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our LORD.

IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except CHRISTMAS-DAY.

Certain Solemn Days, for which particular Services are appointed.

I. The Fifth Day of November, being the Day kept in Memory of the Papists'
Conspiracy.

II. The Thirtieth Day of January, being the Day kept in Memory of the

Martyrdom of King Charles the First.

III. The Nine and twentieth Day of May, being the Day kept in Memory
of the Birth and Return of King Charles the Second.

IV. The Twenty-fifth Day of October, being the Day on which His Majesty
began his happy Reign.

A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY,

From the present Time till the Year 1899 inclusive, according to the
foregoing Calendar.

Sunday-
Letters.

THIS Table contains so much of the Calen
dar as is necessary for the determining of
Easter; to find which, look for the Golden
Number of the Year in the First Column of
the Table, against which stands the Day of
the Paschal Full Moon ; then look in the Third
Column for the Sunday Letter, next after the
Day of the Full Moon, and the DHV of the
Month standing against that Sunday Letter is
Easter-Day. It the Full Moon happens upon a
Sunday, then (according to the First Rule) the
next Sunday after is Easter-Day.

To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add
1 to the Year of our Lord, and then divide
by 19 ; the Remainder, if any, is the Golden
Number ; but if nothing remaincth, then 19 is
the Golden Number.

To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, ac
cording to the Calendar, until the Year

1799 inclusive, add to the Year of our
Lord its Fourth Part, omitting Fracti
ons; and also the Number 1 : Divide
the Sum by 7 ; and if there is no Re
mainder, then A is the Sunday Let
ter : But if any Number remaineth,
then the Letter standing against that
Number in the small annexed Table
is the Sunday Letter.

For the next Century, that is, from the Year

1800 till the Year 1899 inclusive, add to the
current Year only its Fourth Part, and then
divide by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule.

Note, that in all Bissextile or Leap-Years,
the Letter found as above will be the Sunday
Letter, from the intercalated Day exclusive to
the End of the Year.

ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER

Till the Year 1899 inclusive.

SUNDAY LETTERS.

Golden
Number.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

I

Apr. 16

17

18

19

20

14

15

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14

15

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11

12

13

14

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30

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'THO make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter
•*• for the Year in the uppermost Line, and the Golden Num

ber, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and against

the Prime, in the same Line under the Sunday Letter, you have

the Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that Year. But

Note, that the Name of the Month is set on the Left Hand, or

just with the Figure, and followeth not, as in other Tables, by

Descent, but Collateral,

A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE FEASTS

FOR FIFTY-TWO YEARS,
According to the foregoing Calendar.

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1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
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1801
1802
1803
1004
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1R33
1834
1835
1836
1837

I Golden Number.

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26
23
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23
24
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23
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24
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24
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23
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26
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23
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
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5
6
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Feb. 22
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Feb. 18

Apr. 16

Mar. 23
Apr. 12

May 21
13

May 25

June 4
May 27
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31

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Jan. 20
Feb. 8
Jan. 31
Feb. 20

Jan. 27
Feb. 16

Apr. 27
May 17

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Apr. 20

Mar. 27
Apr. 16

Mar. 24
Apr. 13

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May 27
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May 24

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Feb. 12

4

Mar. 1
Feb. 21

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June 4
May 27

Dec. 3

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Feb. 9

Apr. 28
May 18

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June 1
May 24
June 6
May 29

June 2
May 25
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June 5
May 21
June 10

May 17
June 6
May 29

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Jan. 29
Feb. 10
2
Jan. 25
Feb. 14
Jan. 29
Feb. 18
10
Jan. 26
Feb. 14

Jan. 22
Feb. 11
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Feb. 7
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Jan. 30

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Apr. 19

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May 25
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May 26

Mar. 4
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Jan. 31

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May 30

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May 26

Mar. 4
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27

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A TABLE of the MOVEABLE FEASTS,
according to the several Days that EASTER
can possibly fall upon.

TABLE to find Easter,
from the Year 1900,
to 2199 inclusive.

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Letters.

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11

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8

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18
7

15

4

12
1

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17
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2
3
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May 1

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26
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4
4

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11
12
13
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15

5
6
7
8

10
11

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15
16

18

20
21

22
23

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18
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20
21
22
23
24

28
29
30
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28
29
30
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28

19

17
18

10

13
14

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25
26
27

4

HTHE Golden Numbers in
L the foregoing Calendar
will point out the Days of
the Paschal Full Moons, till
the Year of our Lord 1900 ;
at which Time, in order
that the Ecclesiastical Full
Moons may fall nearly on
the same Days with the real
Full Moons, the Golden
Numbers must be removed
to different Days of the Ca
lendar, as is done in the an
nexed Table, which contains
so much of the Calendar
then to be used, as is neces
sary for finding the Paschal
Full Moons, and the Feast of
Easter, from the Year 1900,
to the Year 2199 inclusive.
This Table is to be made
use of, in all respects, as the
First Table before inserted,
for finding Easter till the
Year 1899.

20
21
22
23

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16
17
18
19

6

7
g

25
26
27

ag

29
30
31
une 1
2
3

8
__o

10

— 11

12
13

30
Dec. 1

^ g>

3
Nov. 87
28

20

21

10

29
30

Note, that in a Bissextile or Leap Year, the Number
of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same, as if
Easter-Day had fallen One Day later than it really
does. And for the same Reason, One Day must, in every
Leap Year, be added to the Day of the Month given
by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday : And the like
must be done for the First Day of Lent (commonly
called Ash-Wednesday) unles« the Table gives some
Day in the Month of March for it; for in that Case,
the Day given by the Table i? the right Day.

General TABLES for finding the Dominical or Sunday Letter, and the

Places of the Golden Numbers in the Calendar.

TABLE I.

T A B

LE IL 1

1

2

3

i

2

3

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

Years of

Years of

our Lord.

our Lord.

B

c

D

E

F

G

A

B

1600

0

B

5200

15

1700

1

5300

16

1600

1700

1800

1800
1900

1

5400
5500

17
17

B

2000

2

B 5600

17

2100

2

5700

18

1900
2000

2100

2200

2300
2400

2500

2600

2700
2800

2200
2300

3
4

5800
5900

18
19

B

2400

3

B

finoo

19

2500

4

6100

19

2900

3000

3100
3200

3300

3400

3500
3600

3700

2600
2700

5
5

6200
6300

20
21

B

2800

5

B

6400

20

2900

6

6500

21

3800

3900
4000

4100

4200

4300
1400

4500

4600

3000
5100

6
7

6600
6700

22
23

B

3200

7

B

6800

22

3300

7

6900

23

4700
4SOO

4900

5000

5100
5200

5300

5400

5500
5600

3400
3500

8
9

7000
7100

24
24

_____

_____

B

3600

8

B

7200

24

3700

9

7300

25

5TOO

5800

5900
6000

6100

6200

6300
6400

6500

3800
3900

10
10

7400
7500

25
26

B

4000

10

B

7600

26

4100

11

7700

26

6600

6700
6800

6900

7000

7100
7200

7300

7400

4200
4300

12

12

7800
7900

27
28

_____

_____

____

_____

B

4400

12

B

8000

27

4500

13

8100

28

7500
7600

7700

7800

7900
8000

8100

8200

8300
8400

4600
4700

13
14

8200
8300

29

29

B

4800

14

B

8400

29

4900

14

8500

0

8500

&c.

.5000

15

&c.

5100

16

HPO find the Dominical or Sun-
^ day Letter for any given Year
of our Lord, add to the Year its

nnO find the Month and Days of ths Month to
J- which the Golden Numbers ought to be pre
fixed in the Calendar, in any given Year of our
•Lord, consisting of entire. Hundred Years, and

Fourth Part, omitting Fractions,

in all the intermediate Years betwixt that and

and also the Number, which in
Table I. stttiideth at the Top of the
Column, wherein the Number of
Hundreds contained in that given

the next Hundredth Year following, look in
the Second Column of Table 11. for the given
Year consisting of entire Hundreds, and Note
the Number or Cypher which stands against it in
the Third Column ; then, in Table HI. look for

Year is found : Divide the Sum
by 7, and if there is no Remainder,

the same Number in the Column under any
giver\ Golden Number, which when you have
found, guide your Eye Side-ways to the Left

then A is the Sunday Letter ; but

Hand, and in the First Column you will find the

if any Number remaineth, then the
Letter, which standeth under that

Month and Day to which that Golden Number
ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that
Period of One Hundred Years.

Number at the Top of the Table,

The Letter B prefixed to certain Hundredth

is the Sunday Letter

Years in Table II. denotes those Years which are
still to be accounted Bissextile or Leap Years in the
New Calendar; whereas all the other Hundredth

Years are to be accounted only common Years.

TABLE III.

Paschal

Full
Moon.

March 21
March 22
March 23
March 24
March 25

March 26
March 27
March 28
March 29
March 30

March 31
April 1
April 2
April 3
April 4

A prU 5

April 6

April 7

April 8

April 9

April 10

April 11

April 12

April 13

April 14

April 15

April 16

April 17

April 17

April 18

April 18

THE GOLDEN NUMBERS.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

1?

7 18

24

28

29

10

•21

12

13

23

24

5 16

26

27

8 19

11

10

13

14

25

f The ORDER for MORNING and EVENING PRAYER
daily to be said and used throughout the; Year.

npHE Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed
Place of the Church, Chapel, or Chancel; except it shall be other
wise determined by the Ordinary of the Place. And the Chancels shall
remain as they have done in times past

And here is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church, and of
the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be re
tained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the
Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of Ring
Edward the Sixth.

THE ORDER FOR

MORNING PRAYER,

DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

H ^/ the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud
voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that folton>
And then he shall say that which is ivritten after the said Sentences.

WHEN the wicked man turneth away
from his wickednefs that he hath
committed, and doeth that which is lawful
and right, he fhall fave his foul alive. Ezek.
xviii. 27.

I acknowledge my tranfgreffions, and my
fin is ever before me. Pfalm li. 3.

Hide thy face from my fins, and blot out
all mine iniquities. Pfalm li. 9.

The facritices of God are a broken fpirit:
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou
wilt not defpife. Pfalm li. 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments,
and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is
gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of
great kindnefs, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgivenefles, though we have rebelled againft
him : neither have we obeyed the voice of the
Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he
fet before us. Daniel ix. 9, 10.

O Lord, correct me, but with judgement ;

MORNING PRAYER.

not in thine anger, left thou bring me to no
thing. Jer. x. 24. Pfalm vi. 1.

Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven is
at hand. , St. Matth. iii. 2.

I will arife", ftiitt go t<t\ny father, 'and will
fay unto him,, Father, I have finned againfl
heaven, and before thee, and am no more
worthy to be called thy fon. St. Luke xv.
18, 19.

Enter not into judgement with thy fervant,
O Lord; for in thy fight ihall no man living
be juftified. Pfalm cxliii. 2.

If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive
ourfelves, and the truth is not in us : but, if
we confefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to
forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all
unrighteoufnefs. 1 St. John i. 8, 9.

DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture
moveth us in fundry places to acknow
ledge and confefs our manifold fins and wick-
ednefs ; and that we fliould not diflemble nor
cloke them before the face of Almighty God
our heavenly Father; but confefs them with an
humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart;
to the end that we may obtain forgivenefs of
the fame, by his infinite goodnefs and mercy.
And although we ought at all times humbly to
acknowledge our fins before God; yet ought
we moft chiefly fo to do, when we aflemble

MORNING PRAYER.

and meet together to render thanks for the
great benefits that we have received at his
hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to
hear his moft holy Word, and to afk thofe
things which are requifite and neceffary, as
well for the body as the foul. Wherefore I
pray and befeech you, as many as are here
prefent, to accompany me with a pure heart,
and humble voice, unto the throne of the
heavenly grace, faying after me ;

1T A general Co?ifcssion to le said of the whole Congregation after the.
Minister, all kneeling.

ALMIGHTY and moft merciful Father ;
We have erred, and ftrayed from thy
ways like loft flieep. We have followed too
much the devices and defires of our own
hearts. We have offended againft thy holy
laws. We have left undone thofe things
which we ought to have done ; And we have
done thofe things which we ought not to Kave
done; And there is no health in us. But
thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miferable
offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which
confefs their faults. Reftore thou them that
are penitent; According to thy promifes de
clared unto mankind in Chrift Jefu our Lord.
And grant, O moft merciful Father, for his
fake; That we may hereafter live a godly,
righteous, and fober life, To the glory of thy
holy Name. Amen.

c

MORNING PRAYER.

IT The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alont
standing; the people still kneeling.

ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our
Lord Jefus Chrift, who defireth not the
death of a finner, but rather that he may
turn from his wickednefs, and live; and hath
given power, and commandment, to his Mini-
fters, to declare and pronounce to his people,
being penitent, the Abfolution and Remiffion
of their fins : He pardoneth and abfolveth all
them that truly repent, and unfeignedly be
lieve his holy Gofpel. Wherefore let us be-
feech him to grant us true repentance, and
his holy Spirit, that thofe things may pleafe
him, which we do at this prefent ; and that
the reft of our life hereafter may be pure, and
holy; fo that at the laft we may come to his
eternal joy; through Jefus Chrift our Lord,

H The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other Prayers, Amen.

II Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer with an audible
voice; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and
wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service,

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hal
lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trefpafles, As we forgive
them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us
not into temptation; But deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, The power, and
the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER.

IF Then likewise he shall say,

O Lord, open thou our lips.
Anfwer. And our mouth fliall ihew forth
thy praife.

Prieft. O God, make fpeed to fave us.
Anfwer. O Lord, make hafte to help us.

IT Here all standing up, the Priest shall say,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

Anfwer. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever fliall be : world without end.
Amen.

Prieft. Praife ye the Lord.

Anfwer. The Lord's Name be praifed.

fl" Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following: except on Easter-Day,
upon which another Anthem is appointed; and an the Nineteenth day of
every Month it is not to be read here} but in the ordinary course of the
Psalms.

Venite, exultemus Domino. Pfalm xcv.

OCome, let us ling unto the Lord : let us
heartily rejoice in the ftrength of our
falvation.

Let us come before his prefence with
thankfgiving : and Ihew ourfelves glad in him
with Pfalms.

For the Lord is a great God : and a great
King above all gods.

In his hand are all the corners of the
earth : and the ftrength of the hills is his allb.

MORNING PRAYER.

The fea is his, and he made it : and his
hands prepared the diy land.

O come, let us worfhip, and fall down :
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God : and we are
the people of his pafture, and the flieep of
his hand.

To day if ye will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts : as in the provocation, and
as in the day of temptation in the wildernefs ;

When your fathers tempted me : proved
me, and faw my works.

Forty years long was I grieved with this
generation, and faid : It is a people that do
err in their hearts, for they have not known
my ways.

Unto whom I fware in my wrath : that
they (hould not enter into my reft.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever (hall be : world without end. Amen.

If Then shall foll&iv the Psalms in order as they are appointed. And at the
end of every Psalm throughout the Year, and likewise at the end o/*Bene-
dicite, BenedictuSj Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis,, shall be repeated,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

Anfwer. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever lhall be : world without end.
Amen.

MORNING PRAYER.

f T/ien shall be read distinctly tvilk an audible voice the First Lesson, taken
out of the Old Testament, as is appointed in the Calendar, except there be
Proper Lessons assigned for that day : He that readetk so standing and
turning himself, as he may best be heard of all such as are present And
after that, shall be said or sung, in English, the Hymn called Te Deum
Laudamus, daily throughout the Year.

IT Note, That before every Lesson the Minister shall say, Here begiimeth
such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book: And after
every Lesson, Here cndeth the First, or the Second Lesson.

Te Deum Laudamus.

WE praife thee, O God : we acknow
ledge thee to be the Lord.

All the earth doth worihip thee : the Father
everlafting.

To thee all Angels ciy aloud : the Hea
vens, and all the Powers therein.

To thee Cherubin, and Seraphin : continu
ally do cry,

Holy, Holy, Holy : Lord God of Sa-
baoth ;

Heaven and earth are full of the Majefty :
of thy Glory.

The glorious company of the Apoilles :
praife thee.

The goodly fellowfhip of the Prophets :
praife thee.

The noble army of Martyrs : praife thee.

The holy Church throughout all the world :
doth acknowledge thee;

The Father : of an infinite Majefty ;

Thine honourable, true : and only Son ;

Alfo the Holy Ghoft : the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory : O Chrift.

C 3

MORNING PRAYER.

Thou art the everlafting Son : of the Fa
ther.

When thou tookeft upon thee to deliver
man : thou didft not abhor the Virgin's womb.

When thou hadft overcome the fharpnefs
of death : thou didft open the Kingdom of
Heaven to all believers.

Thou fitteft at the right hand of God : in
the Glory of the Father.

We believe that thou flialt come : to be
our Judge.

We therefore pray thee, help thy fervaiits :
whom thou haft redeemed with thy precious
blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy
Saints : in glory everlafting.

O Lord, fave thy people : and blefs thine
heritage.

Govern them : and lift them up for ever.

Day by day : we magnify thee ;

And we worlhip thy Name : ever world
without end.

Vouchfafe, O Lord : to keep us this day
without fin.

O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy
upon us.

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us :
as oiii' truft is in thee.

() Lord, in thee have I trailed : let me
never be confounded-

\

MORNING PRAYER.

IT Or this Canticle,

Benedicite, omnia Opera.

OA11 ye Works of the Lord, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for
ever.

O ye Angels of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Heavens, blefs ye the Lord : praife
him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Waters that be above the Firmament,
blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify
him for ever.

O all ye Powers of the Lord, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Sun, and Moon, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Stars of Heaven, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Showers, and Dew, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Winds of God, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Fire and Heat, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Winter and Summer, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Dews, and Frofts, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Froft and Cold, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever,

C4

MORNING PRAYER.

O ye Ice and Snow, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Nights, and Days, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Light and Darknefs, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Lightnings, and Clouds, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O let the Earth blefs the Lord : yea, let it
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Mountains, and Hills, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Green Things upon the Earth,
blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify
him for ever.

O ye Wells, blefs ye the Lord : praife him,
and magnify him for ever.

O ye Seas, and Floods, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Whales, and all that move in the
Waters, blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and
magnify him for ever.

O all ye Fowls of the Air, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Beafts, and Cattle, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Children of Men, blefs ye the Lord :
praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O let Ifrael blefs the Lord : praife him,
and magnify him for ever.

MORNING PRAYER.

O ye Priefts of the Lord, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Servants of the Lord, blefs ye the
Lord : praife him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous,
blefs ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify
him for ever.

O ye holy and humble Men of heart, blefs
ye the Lord : praife him, and magnify him
for ever.

O Ananias, Azarias, and Mifael, blefs ye
the Lord : praife him, and magnify him for
ever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever fhall be : world without end. Amen.

1T Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of the New
Testament. And after that, the Hymn following ; except when that shall
happen to be read in the Chapter for the Day, or for the Gospel on St. John
Baptist's Day.

BenediStus. St. Luke i. 68.

BLESSED be the Lord God of Ifrael :
for he hath vifited, and redeemed his
people ;

And hath raifed up a mighty falvation for
us : in the houfe of his fervant David ;

As he fpake by the mouth of his holy Pro
phets : which have been fince the world began;
That we ihould be faved from our enemies :
and from the hands of all that hate us ;

MORNING PRAYER.

To perform the mercy promifed to our
forefathers : and to remember his holy Cove
nant ;

To perform the oath which he fware to our
forefather Abraham : that he would give us ;

That we being delivered out of the hand of
our enemies : might ferve him without fear ;

In holinefs and righteoufnefs before him :
all the days of our life.

And thou, Child, flialt be called the Pro
phet of the Higheft : for thou flialt go before
the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ;

To give knowledge of lalvation unto his
people : for the remiifion of their fins,,

Through the tender mercy of our God :
whereby the day-fpring from on high hath
vifited us ;

To give light to them that fit in darknefs,
and in the fhadow of death : and to guide our
feet into the way of peace.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever fliall be : world without end. Amen.

* II Or this Psalm,

Jubilate Deo. Pfalm c.

OBe joyful in the Lord, all ye lands :
ferve the Lord with gladnefs, and come
before his prefence with a fong.

Be ye fure that the Lord he is God : it is

MORNING PRAYER.

he that hath made us, and not we ourfelves ;
we are his people, and the iheep of his paf-
ture.

0 go your way into his gates with thankf-
giving, and into his courts with praife : be
thankful unto him, and fpeak good of his Name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is ever-
lafting : and his truth endureth from gene
ration to generation.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever fhall be : world without end. Amen.

IF Then shall be simg or said the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the peo*
pie, standing : except only such days as the Creed of St. Athanasius is ap
pointed to be read.

I Believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth :
And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born
of the Virgin Maiy, Suffered under Pontius
Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He
defcended into hell ; The third day he rofe
again from the dead, He afcended into hea
ven, And fitteth on the right hand of God the
Father Almighty ; From thence he fhall come
to judge the quick and the dead.

1 believe in the Holy Ghoft ; The holy
Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints;
The Forgivenefs of fins ; The Refurredtion of
the body, And the life everlafting. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER.

1T And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling ; the Minister
Jirst pronouncing with a loud voice,

The Lord be with you.
Anfwer. And with thy fpirit.

Minifter. Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Ckrijfa have mercy upon us*
Lord, have mercy upon us»

5T Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a

loud voice.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hal
lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trefpafles, As we forgive
them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us
not into temptation; But deliver us from
evil. Amen.

IT Then the Priest standing up shall say,

O Lord, ihew thy mercy upon us.

Anfwer. And grant us thy falvation.

Prieft. O Lord, fave the King.

Anfwer. And mercifully hear us when we
call upon thee.

Prieft. Endue thy Minifters with righte-
oufnefs.

Anfwer. And make thy chofen people
joyful.

Prieft. O Lord, fave thy people.

Anfwer. And blefs thine inheritance.

MORNING PRAYER.

Prieft. Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Anfwer. Becaufe there is none other that
fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.

Pricjl. O God, make clean our hearts
within us.

Anfwer. And take not thy holy Spirit
from us.

IT Then shall follow three Collects; the jirst of the Day, which shall be the
same that is appointed at the Communion; the second for Peace; the third
for Grace to live well. And the two last Collects shall never alter, but daily
^be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the Year, as followcth; all
kneeling.

Thcfccond Collect, for Peace.

OGod, who art the author of peace and
lover of concord, in knowledge of whom
ftandeth our eternal life, whofe fervice is per
fect freedom ; Defend us thy humble fervants
in all aflaults of our enemies ; that we, furely
trufting in thy defence, may not fear the pow
er of any adverfaries, through the might of
Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The third Collect, for Grace.

OLord, our heavenly Father, AlmiglitA
and everlafting God, who haft fafely
brought us to the beginning of this day ; De
fend us in the fame with thy mighty power ;
and grant that this day we fall into no fin,
neither run into any kind of danger ; but that
all our doings may be ordered by thy govern -
ancfe, to do always that is righteous in thy
fight; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER.

IF In Quires and Places where they sing, herefolloweth the Anthem.

f Then these five Prayers following are to be read here, except when the
Litany is read; and then only the two last are to be ready as they are there
placed.

A Prayer for the King's Majejly.

OLord our heavenly Father, high and
mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords,
the only Ruler of princes, who doft from thy
throne behold all the dwellers upon earth;
Moft heartily we befeech thee with thy favour
to behold our moft gracious Sovereign Lord,
King GEORGE; and fo replenilh him with
the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may al-
way incline to thy will, and walk in thy way :
Endue him plenteoufly with heavenly gifts;
grant him in health and wealth long to live;
ftrengthen him that he may vanquifli and
overcome all his enemies; and finally, after
this life, he may attain everlafting joy and
felicity; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. A-
men.

A Prayer for the Royal Family.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all
goodnefs, we humbly befeech thee to
blefs our gracious Queen Charlotte, their
Royal Highneffes George Prince of Wales,
the Princefs of Wales, and all the Royal Fa
mily : Endue them with thy holy Spirit ; en
rich them with thy heavenly grace; profper
them with all happinefs; and bring them to

MORNING PRAYER.

tiiine everlafting kingdom; through Jefus
Chrift our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Clergy and people.

ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who
alone workeft great marvels ; Send down
upon our Biftiops, and Curates, and all Con
gregations committed to their charge, the
healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they
may truly pleafe thee, pour upon them the
continual dew of thy bleffing. Grant this, O
Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and
Mediator, Jefus Chrift. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chryfoftom.

ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us
grace at this time with one accord to
make our common fupplications unto thee;
and doft promife, that when two or three are
gathered together in thy Name thou wilt
grant their requefts : Fulfil now, O Lord, the
defires and petitions of thy fervants, as may
be moft expedient for them; granting us in
this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the
world to come life everlafting. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii.

THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Ghoft, be with us all evermore.
Amen.

Here cndeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year.

THE ORDER FOR

EVENING PRAYER,

DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

f At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read nnth a loud
voice some one or more of these Sentences of Ike Scriptures that follow. A;id
then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences.

WHEN the wicked man turneth away
from his wickednefs that he hath
committed, and doeth that which is lawful
and right, he fliall fave his foul alive, Ezek.
xviii. 27.

I acknowledge my tranfgrefiions, and my
fin is ever before me. Pfalm li. 3.

Hide thy face from my fins, and blot out
all mine iniquities. Pfalm li. 9.

The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit :
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou
wilt not defpife. Pfalm li. 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments,
and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is
gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of
great kindnefs, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgiveneffes, though we have rebelled againft
him : neither have we obeyed the voice of
the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which
he fet before us. Daniel ix. 9, 10.

O Lord, correct me, but with judgement ;

EVENING PRAYER

not in thine anger, left thou bring me to no
thing. Jer. x. 24. Pfalm vi. 1.

Repent ye ; for the Kingdom of heaven is
at hand. St. MattJi. iii. 2.

I will arife, and go to my father, and will
fay unto him, Father, I have finned againil
heaven, and before thee, and am no more
worthy to be called thy fon. St. Luke xv.
18, 19.

Enter not into judgement with thy fervant,
O Lord; for in thy fight Ihall no man living
be juftified. Pfalm cxliii. 2.

If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive
ourfelves, and the truth is not in us : but, if
we confefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to
forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all
unrighteoufnefs. 1 St. John i. 8, 9.

DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture
moveth us in fundry places to acknow
ledge and confefs our manifold fins and wick-
ednefs ; and that we fhould not diflemble nor
cloke them before the face of Almighty God
our heavenly Father; but confefs them with
an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient
heart; to the end that we may obtain forgive-
nefs of the fame, by his infinite goodnefs and
mercy. And although we ought at all times
humbly to acknowledge our fins before God;
yet ought we moft chiefly fo to do, when we

EVENING PRAYER.

affemble and meet together to render thank*
for the great benefits that we have receivec
at his hands, to fet forth his moil worthy
praife, to hear his moft holy Word, and to afl<
thofe things which are requifite and neceflary
as well for the body as the foul. Wherefor<
I pray and befeech you, as many as are here
prefent, to accompany me with a pure heart
and humble voice, unto the throne of th<
heavenly grace, faying after me;

IT A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Him

ster, all kneeling.

ALMIGHTY and moft merciful Father
We have erred, and ftrayed from th]
ways like loft fheep. We have followed too
much the devices and defires of our own
hearts. We have offended againft thy holy
laws. We have left undone thofe things
which we ought to have done ; And we have
done thofe things which we ought not to have
done; And there is no health in us. But
thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, mifera-
ble offenders . Spare thou them, O God,
which confefs their faults. Reftore thou them
that are penitent ; According to thy promifes
declared unto mankind in Chrift Jefu our
Lord. And grant, O moft merciful Father,
for his fake ; That we may hereafter live ai
godly, righteous, and fober life, To the glory
f)f thy holy Name. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

tT The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone,
standing; the people still kneeling.

ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our
Lord Jefus Chrift, who defireth not the
death of a finner, but rather that he may turn
from his wickednefs, and live ; and hath given
power, and commandment, to his Minifters,
to declare and pronounce to his people, being
penitent, the Absolution and Remiffion of
their fins : He pardoneth and abfolveth all
them that truly repent, and unfeignedly be
lieve his holy Gofpel. Wherefore let us be-
feech him to grant us true repentance, and
his holy Spirit, that thofe things may pleafe
him, which we do at this prefent ; and that
the reft of our life hereafter may be pure,
and holy; fo that at the laft we may come
to his eternal joy ; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

, 1T Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer ; the people also
kneeling, and repeating it with him.

UR Father, which art in heaven, Hal
lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom
> come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is
1 in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
] And forgive us our trefpaffes, As we for-
1 give them that trefpafs againft us. And
) lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us
a from evil : For thine is the kingdom, The
f power, and the glory, For ever and ever.
Amen,

o

D 2

EVENING PRAYER.

IF Then likewise he sJiall say,

O Lord, open thou our lips.
Anfwer. And onr mouth fliall fliew forth
thy praife.

Prieft. O God, make fpeed to fave us.
Anfwer. O Lord, make hafte to help us*

If Here all standing up, the Priest shall say,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

Anfwer. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever fliall be : world without end.
Amen.

Prieft. Praife ye the Lord.

Anfwer. The Lord's Name be praifed.

1T Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order a& they are appointed. Then
a Lesson of the Old Testament, as is appointed. And after that, Magnificat
(or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary) in English, asfolfoweth.

Magnificat. St. Luke i.

MY foul doth magnify the Lord : and my
fpirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded : the lowlinefs of his
hand-maiden.

For behold, from henceforth: all genera
tions fliall call me blefled.

For he that is mighty hath magnified me
and holy is his Name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him
throughout all generations.

He hath fliewed ftrength with his arm : he
hath fcattered the proud in the imagination
of their hearts.

„

EVENING PRAYER.

He hath put down the mighty from their
feat : and hath exalted the humble and

eeK.

He hath filled the hungry with good
things : and the rich he hath fent empty
away.

He remembering his mercy hath holpen
is fervant Ifrael : as he promifed to our fore
fathers, Abraham and his feed, for ever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever (hall be : world without end. Amen.

f Or the this Psalm; except it be on the Nineteenth Day of the Month, when
it is read in the ordinary Course of the Psalms.

Cantate Domino. Pfalm xcviii.

OSing unto the Lord a new fong : for he
hath done marvellous things.

With his own right hand, and with his
holy arm : hath he gotten himfelf the vic
tory.

The Lord declared his falvation : his right-
eoufnefs hath he openly fhewed in the fight
of the heathen.

He hath remembered his mercy and truth
toward the houfe of Ifrael : and all the ends
of the world have feen the falvation of our
God.

Shew yourfelves joyful unto the Lord, all
ye lands : fing, rejoice, and give thanks.

D 3

EVENING PRAYER. j

Praife the Lord upon the harp : fing to the
harp with a pfalm of thankfgiving.

With trumpets alfo and ftiawms : O (hew
yourfelves joyful before the Lord the King.

Let the fea make a noife, and all that
therein is : the round world, and they that
dwell therein.

Let the floods clap their hands, and let the
hills be joyful together before the Lord : for
he cometh to judge the earth.

With righteoufnefs fhall he judge the
world : and the people with equity.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son t«i
and to the Holy Ghoft;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever fhall be : world without end. Amen.

IT Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed. And after thatt
Nunc dimittis (or the Song of Symeon) in English, asfolloweth.

Nunc dimittis. St. Luke ii. 29.

LORD, now letteft thou thy fervant de
part in peace : according to thy word.

For mine eyes have feen : thy falvation,

Which thou haft prepared : before the face
t)f all people ;

To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and
to be the glory of thy people Ifrael.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever lhall be : world without end. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER

«IT Or else this Psalm; except it be on the Twelfth Day of the Month,

Dens mifereatur* Pfalm IxviL

GOD be merciful unto us, and blefs us :
and (hew us the light of his counte
nance, and be merciful unto us :

That thy way may be known upon earth :
thy faving health among all nations.

Let the people praife thee, O God : yea,
let all the people praife thee.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for
thou lhalt judge the folk righteoufly, and go
vern the nations upon earth.

Let the people praife thee, O God : yea,
let all the people praife thee.

Then fhall the earth bring forth her in-
creafe : and God, even our own God, fliall
give us his bleffing.

God fliall blefs us : and all the ends of the
world fliall fear him.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever fliall be : world without end. Amen.

IT Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the peo»

pie, standing* ( ^

I Believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth :
And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born
of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius

D 4

EVENING PRAYER.

Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He
defcended into hell ; The third day he rofe
again from the dead, He afcended into hea
ven, And fitteth on the right hand of God
the Father Almighty; From thence he fhall
come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghoft; The holy Ca-
tholick Church; The Communion of Saints;
The Forgivenefs of fins ; The Refurre6tion of
the body, And the life everlafting. Amen.

IT And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling ; the Minister
first pronouncing with a loud voice,

The Lord be with you.
Anfwer. And with thy fpirit.
Minifter. Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Chrift, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

IT Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a

loud voice.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hal
lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trefpailes, As we forgive

^j ^j

them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us
not into temptation; But deliver us from
evil. Amen.

IT Then the Priest standing up shall say,

O Lord, fliew thy mercy upon us ;
Anfwer. And grant us thy falvation.

EVENING PRAYER,

Prieft. O Lord, fave the King.

Anfwer. And mercifully hear us when we
call upon thee.

Prieft. Endue thy Minifters with right-
eoufnefs.

Anf. And make thy chofen people joyful.

Prieft. O Lord, fave thy people.

Anfwer. And blefs thine inheritance.

Prieft. Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Anfwer. Becaufe there is none other that
fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.

Prieft. O God, make clean our hearts
within us.

Anf. And take not thy holy Spirit from us.

1T Then shall follow three Collects; thefrst of the Day; the sccondfor Peace;
the third for Aid against all Perils, as hereafter folhweth : which two last
Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration.

Thefecond Collect at Evening Prayer.

OGod, from whom all holy defires, all
good counfels, and all juft works do
proceed ; Give unto thy fervants that peace
which the world cannot give; that both our
hearts may be fet to obey thy command
ments, and alfo that by thee we being de
fended from the fear of our enemies may pafs
our time in reft and quietnefs ; through the
merits of Jefus Chrift our Saviour. Amen.

The third Colle8t,for Aidagainft all Perils.

LIGHTEN our darknefs, we befeech thee,
O Lord; and by thy 'great mercy de*

EVENING PRAYER.

fend us from all perils and dangers of this
night; for the love of thy only Son, our Sa
viour, Jefus Chrift. Amen.

IT In Quires and Places where they sing, here follow eth the Anthem,

A Prayer for the King's Majejly.

OLord our heavenly Father, high and
mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords,
the only Ruler of princes, who doft from thy
throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ;
Moft heartily we befeech thee with thy favour
to behold our moft gracious Sovereign Lord,
King GEORGE; and fo replenifh him with
the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may al-
way incline to thy will, and walk in thy way :
Endue him plenteoufly with heavenly gifts;
grant him in health and wealth long to live;
ftrengthen him that he may vanquifli and
overcome all his enemies; and finally, after
this life, he may attain everlafting joy and fe
licity; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Royal Family.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all
goodnefs, we humbly befeech thee to
blefs our gracious Queen Charlotte, their
Royal Highneffes George Prince of Wales, the
Princefs of Wales, and all the Royal Family :
Endue them with thy hol^ Spirit; enrich
them with thy heavenly grace ; profper them
with all happinefs ; and bring them to thine

EVENING PRAYER.

everlafting kingdom ; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Clergy mid people.

ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who
alone workeft great marvels ; Send down
upon our Bifhops, and Curates, and all Con
gregations committed to their charge, the
healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they
may truly pleafe thee, pour upon them the
continual dew of thy bleffing. Grant this, O
Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and
Mediator, Jefus Chrift. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chryfoftom.

ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us
grace at this time with one accord to
make our common fupplications unto thee;
and doft promife, that when two or three are
gathered together in thy Name thou wilt
grant their requefts : Fulfil now, O Lord, the
defires and petitions of thy fervaiits, as may
be moil expedient for them; granting us in
this world knowledge of thy truth, and in
the world to come life everlafting. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii.

THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and
^the love oiKjod, and the fellowfhip of the
Holy Ghoft, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Here endetk the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the* Year.

At Morning Prayer.

^ Upon these Feasts; Christmas-day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Easter-
day, Ascension-day, Whitsunday, Saint John Baptist, Saint James, Saint
Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Saint An
drew, and upon Trinity-Sunday, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer,
instead of the Apostles' Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, com
monly called The Creed of Saint Athanasius, by the Minister and people
Standing.

Quicunque vult.

W^ ^ HOSOEVER will be laved : before
all things it is neceflary that he hold
the Catholick Faith.

Which Faith except eveiy one do keep
whole and undefiled : without doubt he lhall
perifli everlaftingly.

And the Catholick Faith is this : That we
worlhip one God in Trinity, and Trinity in
Unity;

Neither confounding the Perfons : nor di
viding the Subftance.

For there is one Perfon of the Father, an
other of the Son : and another of the Holy
Ghoft.

But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghoft, is all one : the Glory
equal, the Majefty co-eternal.

Such as the Father is, fuch is the Son : and'
fuch is the Holy Ghoft.

The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate <
and the Holy Ghoft uncreate.

The Father incomprehenfible, the Son in-
comprehenfible : and the Holy Ghoft incojn-
prehenfible*

At Morning Prayer.

The Father eternal, the Son eternal : and
the Holy Ghoft eternal.

And yet they are not three eternals : but
one eternal.

As alfo there are not three incomprehenfi-
bles, nor three uncreated : but one uncreated,
and one incomprehenfible.

So likewife the Father is Almighty, the
Son Almighty : and the Holy Ghoft Al
mighty.

And yet they are not three Almighties:
but one Almighty.

So the Father is God, the Son is God :
and the Holy Ghoft is God.

And yet they are not three Gods : but one
God.

So likewife the Father is Lord, the Son
Lord : and the Holy Ghoft Lord.

And yet not three Lords : but one Lord.

For like as we are compelled by the Chrif-
tian verity : to acknowledge eveiy Perfoii by
himfelf to be God and Lord ;

So are we forbidden by the Catholick Re
ligion : to fay, There be three Gods, or three
Lords.

The Father is made of none : neither cre
ated, nor begotten.

The Son is of the Father alone : not made,
nor created, but begotten.

The Holy Gboft is of the Father and of the

At Morning Prayer.

Son : neither made, nor created, nor begotten,
but proceeding.

So there is one Father, not three Fathers ;
one Son, not three Sons : one Holy Ghoft,
not three Holy Ghofts.

And in this Trinity none is afore, or after
other : none is greater, or lefs than another;

But the whole three Perfons are co-eternal
together : and co-equal.

So that in all things, as is aforefaid : the
Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is
to be worfhipped.

He therefore that will be faved : muft thus
think of the Trinity.

Furthermore, it is neceflary to everlafting
falvation : that he alfo believe rightly the In
carnation of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

For the right Faith is, that we believe and
confefs : that our Lord Jefus Chrift, the Son
of God, is God and Man ;

God, of the Subftance of the Father, be
gotten before the worlds : and Man, of the
Subftance of his Mother, born in the world;

Perfect God, and perfect Man : of a rea-
fonable foul and human flefh fubfifting;

Equal to the Father, as touching his God
head : and inferior to the Father, as touching
his Manhood.

Who although he be God and Man : yet
he is not two, but one Chrift;

At Morning Prayer.

One; not by converfion of the Godhead
into flelh : but by taking of the Manhood into
God;

One altogether; not by confufion of Sub-
ftance : but by unity of Perfon.

For as the reafonable foul and flefli is one
man : fo God and Man is one Chrift;

Who fufFered for our falvation : defcended
into hell, rofe again the third day from the
dead.

He afcended into heaven, he fitteth on the
right hand of the Father, God Almighty :
from whence he Ihall come to judge the quick
and the dead.

At whofe coining all men fliall rife again
with their bodies : and fliall give account for
their own works.

And they that have done good fliall go into
life everlafting : and they that have done evil
into everlafting fire.

This is the Catholick Faith : which ex
cept a man believe faithfully, he cannot be
faved.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever fliall be : world without end. Amen.

THE LITANY.

IT Here followcth the LITANY, or General Supplication, to be sung or
said after Morning Prayer upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and
at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary.

OGod the Father, of heaven : have mercy
upon us miferable finners.

O God the Father, of heaven : have mercy
upon us miferable Jinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world :
have mercy upon us miferable finners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have
mercy upon us miferable Jinners.

O God the Holy Ghoft, proceeding from
the Father and the Son : have mercy upon
us miferable finners.

O God the Holy Ghojl, proceeding from the
Father and the Son : have mercy upon us mi
ferable Jinners.

O holy, blefled, and glorious Trinity, three
Perfons and one God : have mercy upon us
miferable finners.

O holy, blej/ed, and glorious Trinity, three
Perfons and one God : have mercy upon us
miferable Jinners.

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the
offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou
vengeance of our fins : fpare us, good Lord,
fpare thy people, whom thou haft redeemed
with thy moft precious blood, and be not an
gry with us for ever.

Spare us, good Lord.

From all evil and mifchief ; from finf from

THE LITANY.

the crafts and aflaults of the devil ; from thy
wrath, and from everlafting damnation,

Good Lord, deliver us.
From all blindnefs of heart; from pride,
vain-glory, and hypocrify; from envy, hatred,
and malice, and all uncharitablenefs,

Good Lord, deliver us.
From fornication, and all other deadly fin ;
and from all the deceits of the world, the fleih,
and the devil,

Good Lord, deliver us.
From lightning and tempeft ; from plague,
peftilence, and famine ; from battle and mur
der, and from fudden death,

Good Lord, deliver us.
From all fedition, privy confpiracy, and re
bellion; from all falfe dodtrine, herefy, and
fchifm; from hardnefs of heart, and contempt
of thy Word and Commandment,
Good Lord, deliver us.
By the myftery of thy holy Incarnation ; by
thy holy Nativity and Circumcifion ; by thy
Baptifm, Fading, and Temptation,

Good Lord, deliver us.

By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy

Crofs and Paffion ; by thy precious Death and

Burial; by thy glorious Refurre6tion and Af-

cenfion; and by the coming of the HolyGhoft,

Good Lord, deliver us.
lu all time of our tribulation; in all time of

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THE LITANY.

our wealth ; in the hour of death, and in the
day of judgement,

Good Lord, deliver us.

We finners do befeech thee to hear us, O
Lord God ; and that it may pleafe thee to rule
and govern thy holy Church univerfal in the
right way;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may pleafe thee to keep and
ftrengthen in the true worfhipping of thee, in
righteoufnefs and holinefs of life, thy Ser
vant GEORGE, our moft gracious King
and Governour;

We befeeeh thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may pleafe thee to rule his heart
in thy faith, fear, and love, and that he may
evermore have affiance in thee, and ever feek
thy honour and glory;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may pleafe thee to be his defender
and keeper, giving him the vidlory over all
his enemies;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may pleafe thee to blefs and preferve
our gracious Queen Charlotte, their Royal
Highnefles George Prince of Wales, the Prin-
cefe of Wales, and all the Royal Family;
We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may pleafe thee to illuminate all
Bifliops, Priefts, and Deacons, with true

THE LITANY.

knowledge and underftanding of thy Word >
and that both by their preaching and living
they may fet it forth, and ftiew it accordingly;

We befeech tliee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to endue the Lords
of the Council, and all the Nobility, with
grace, wifdom, and underftanding ;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to blefs and keep
the Magiftrates, giving them grace to execute
juftice, and to maintain truth ;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to blefs and keep
all thy people;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to give to all na
tions unity, peace, and concord;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to give us an heart
to love and dread thee, and diligently to live
after thy commandments ;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to give to all thy
people increafe of grace to hear meekly thy
Word, and to receive it with pure affedtion,
and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;
We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to bring into the
way of truth all fuch as have erred, and are
deceived;

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THE LITANY.

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord,

That it may pleafe thee to ftrengthen fuch

as do ftand; and to comfort and help the

weak-hearted; and to raife up them that fall;

and finally to beat down Satan under our feet;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to fuccour, help,
and comfort, all that are in danger, necef-
fity, and tribulation;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to preferve all that
travel by land or by water, all women labour
ing of child, all fick perfons, and young chil
dren; and to Ihew thy pity upon all prifoners
and captives;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to defend, and pro
vide for, the fatherlefs children, and widows,
and all that are defolate and opprefled;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to have mercy upon
all men;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to forgive our ene
mies, perfecutors, and flanderers, and to turn
their hearts ;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to give and pre
ferve to our ufe the kindly fruits of the earth*
fo as in due time we may enjoy them ;

THE LITANY.

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may pleafe thee to give us true
repentance; to forgive us all our fins, negli
gences, and ignorances ; and to endue us with
the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our
lives according to thy holy Word;

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Son of God : we befeech thee to hear us.

Son of God: we befeech thee to hear us.
O Lamb of God : that takeft away the fins
of the world ;

Grant us thy peace.

O Lamb of God : that takeft away the fins
of the world;

Have mercy upon us.
O Chrift, hear us.

O Chrift, hear us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Chrift, have mercy upon us.

Chrift, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

f Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say tJie Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hal
lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trefpaffes, As we forgive
them that trefpafs againft us. And lead us not

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THE LITANY.

into temptation; But deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Priejt. O Lord., deal not with us after our
fins.

Anfwer. Neither reward us after our ini
quities.

Let us pray.

OGod, merciful Father, that defpifeft not
the fighing of a contrite heart, nor the
defire of fuch as be forrowful; Mercifully
affift our prayers that we make before thee in
all our troubles and adverfities, whenfoever
they opprefs us ; and gracioufly hear us, that
thofe evils, which the craft and fubtilty of the
devil or man worketh againft us, be brought
to nought; and by the providence of thy good-
nefs they may be difperfed; that we thy fer-
vants, being hurt by no perfecutions, may
evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy
Church; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for
thy Name's Jake.

OGod, we have heard with our ears, and
our fathers have declared unto us, the
noble works that thou didft in their days, and
in the old time before them.

O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for
thine honour.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son ;
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

THE LITANY.

Anfwer. As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

From our enemies defend us, O Chrift.

Gracioujly look upon our afflictions.

Pitifully behold the forrows of our hearts.

Mercifully forgive thejins of thy people.

Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.

O Son of David, have mercy upon tis.

Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us,
O Chrift.

Gracioujly hear us, O Chrift; gracioujly
hear us, O Lord Chrift.

Priejl. O Lord, let thy mercy be fhewed
upon us ;

Anfwer. As we do put our truft in thee.

Let us pray.

WE humbly befeech thee, O Father, mer
cifully to look upon our infirmities;
and for the glory of thy Name turn from
us all thofe evils that we moft righteoufly
have deferved; and grant, that in all our trou
bles we may put our whole truft and con
fidence in thy mercy, and evermore ferve
thee in holinefs and purenefs of living, to thy
honour and glory ; through our only Mediator
and Advocate, Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chryfoftom.

ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us
grace at this time with one accord to

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PRAYERS.

make our common (applications unto thee;
and doit promife, that when two or three are
gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant
their requefts ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the de-
fires and petitions of thy fervants, as may be
moft expedient for them; granting us in this
world knowledge of thy truth, and in the
world to come life everlafting. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii.

THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and
the love of God, and the fellowfliip of
the Holy Ghoft, be with us all evermore.
Amen.

Here endeth the Litany.

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS,

UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,

IT To be used before the irvo Jinal Prayers of the Litany, or of Morning ant

Evening Prayer.

PRAYERS.

For Rain.

God, heavenly Father, who by thy Son
Jefus Chrift haft promifed to all them
that feek thy kingdom, and the righteoufnefs
thereof, all things neceflary to their bodily
fuftenance; Send us, we befeech thee, in this
our neceffity, fuch moderate rain and ihowersj

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PRAYERS.

that we may receive the fruits of the earth to
our comfort, and to thy honour; through
Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

For fair Weather.

O Almighty Lord God, who for the fin of
man didft once drown all the world, ex
cept eight perfons, and afterward of thy great
mercy didft promife never to deftroy it fo
again ; We humbly befeech thee, that although
we for our iniquities have worthily deferved
a plague of rain and waters, yet upon our
true repentance thou wilt fend us fuch wea
ther, as that we may receive the fruits of the
earth in due feafon ; and learn both by thy
punifliment to amend our lives, and for thy
clemency to give thee praife and glory;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

In the time of Dearth and Famine.

OGod, heavenly Father, whofe gift it is,
that the rain doth fall, the earth is fruit
ful, beafts increafe, and fifties do multiply;
Behold, we befeech thee, the affli6tions of thy
people ; and grant that the fcarcity and dearth,
which we do now moft juftly fuffer for our ini
quity, may through thy goodnefs be merci
fully turned into cheapnefs and plenty ; for the
love of Jefus Chrift our Lord, to whom with
thee and the Holy Ghoft be all honour and
glory, now and for ever. Amen.

PRAYERS.

Or this.

OGod, merciful Father, who, in the time
of Elifha the prophet, didft fuddenly in
Samaria turn great fcarcity and dearth into
plenty and cheapnefs ; Have mercy upon us,
that we, who are now for our fins punifhed
with like adverfity, may likewife find a feafon-
able relief: Increafe the fruits of the earth by
thy heavenly benediction ; and grant that we,
receiving thy bountiful liberality, may ufe the
fame to thy glory, the relief of thofe that are
needy, and our own comfort ; through Jefus
Chrift our Lord. Amen.

In the time of War and Tumults.

O Almighty God, King of all kings, and
Governour of all things, whofe power
no creature is able to refift, to whom it be-
longeth juftly to puniih finners, and to be
merciful to them that truly repent; Save and
deliver us, we humbly befeech thee, from the
hands of our enemies; abate their pride, af-
fwage their malice, and confound their de
vices ; that we, being armed with thy defence,
may be preferved evermore from all perils, to
glorify thee, who art the only giver of all vic
tory; through the merits of thy only Son,
Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

PRAYERS.

In the time of any common Plague or Sicknefs.

O Almighty God, who in thy wrath didft
fend a plague upon thine own people in the
wildernefs, for their obftinate rebellion againft
Mofes and Aaron ; and alfo, in the time of king
David, didft flay with the plague of Peftilence
threefcore and ten thoufand, and yet remem
bering thy mercy didft fave the reft ; Have pity
upon us miferable finners, who now are vifited
with great ficknefs and mortality ; that like as
thou didft then accept of an atonement, and
didft command the deftroying Angel to ceafe
from puniihing, fo it may now pleafe thee to
withdraw from us this plague and grievous fick
nefs ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

^j In the Ember Weeks, to be f aid every day,
for thofe that are to be admitted into Holy
Orders.

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
-£*• who haft purchafed to thyfelf an uni-
verfal Church by the precious blood of thy
dear Son ; Mercifully look upon the fame, and
at this time fo guide and govern the minds of
thy fervants the Bifhops and Paftors of thy
flock, that they may lay hands fuddenly on
no man, but faithfully and wifely make choice
of fit perfons to ferve in the facred Miniftry
of thy Church. And to thofe which fhall be
ordained to any holy function give thy grace

PRAYERS.

and heavenly benediction; that both by their
life and doctrine they may fet forth thy glo
ry, and fet forward the falvation of all men ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

A LMIGHTY God, the giver of all good
-j£j*- gifts, who of thy divine providence haft
appointed divers Orders in thy Church ; Give
thy grace, we humbly befeech thee, to all
thofe who are to be called to any office and
adminiftration in the fame; and fo replenifti
them with the truth of thy dodlrine, and en
due them with innocency of life, that they may
faithfully ferve before thee, to the glory of thy
great Name, and the benefit of thy holy
Church; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

^ A Prayer that may be f aid after any of the

former.

OGod, whofe nature and property is ever
to have mercy and to forgive, receive
our humble petitions ; and though we be tied
and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let
the pitifulnefs of thy great mercy loofe us ; for
the honour of Jefus Chrift, our Mediator and
Advocate. Amen.

*j[ A Prayer for the High Court of Parlia
ment, to be read during their Sejfion.

MOST gracious God, we humbly befeech
thee, as for this Kingdom in general,

PRAYERS.

fo efpecially for the High Court of Parlia
ment, under our moft religious and gracious
King at this time aflembled: That thouwould-
eft be pleafed to diretft and profper all their
confultations to the advancement of thy glory,
the good of thy Church, the fafety, honour,
and welfare of our Sovereign, and his Domi
nions ; that all things may be fo ordered and
fettled by their endeavours, upon the beft and
fureft foundations, that peace and happinefs,
truth and juftice, religion and piety, may be
eftabliflied among us for all generations.
Thefe and all other neceffaries, for them, for
us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg irt
the Name and Mediation of Jefus Chrift our
moft blefled Lord and Saviour. Amen.

A ColleSt or Prayer for all Conditions of
men, to be ufed at fuch times when the Li-
tany is not appointed to be f aid.

OGod, the Creator and Preferver of all
mankind, we humbly befeech thee for
all forts and conditions of men; that thou
wouldeft be pleafed to make thy ways known
unto them, thy faving health unto all nations.
More efpecially, we pray for the good eftate
of the Catholick Church ; that it may be fo
guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that
all who profefs and call themfelves Chriftians
may be led into the way of truth, and hold

THANKSGIVINGS.

the faith in unity of fpirit, in the bond of
peace, and in righteoufnefs of life. Finally,
we commend to thy fatherly goodnefs all
thofe, who are any ways afflicted, or diftrefled,
* THIS to he said ™ mind, body, or eftate; [* efpe-
S^ersTfthfcon! cially tliofcfoT whom our prayers
are dejired,] that it may pleafe thee
to comfort and relieve them, according to their
feveral neceffities, giving them patience under
their fufferings, and a happy iffue out of all
their afflictions. And this we beg for Jefus
Chrift his fake. Amen.

THANKSGIVINGS.

A General Thankfgiving.

A LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies,
-£*• we thine unworthy fervants do give thee
moft humble and hearty thanks for all thy
goodnefs and loving-kindnefs to us, and to all
men; ^particularly to thofe who * This to be said
dejire now to offer up their praifes ll^^Iyfl^l
and thankfgimngsfor thy late mer- sire
cies vouchfafed unto them."] We blefs thee for
our creation, prefervation, and all the bleffings
of this life ; but above all, for thine ineftima-
ble love in the redemption of the world by
our Lord Jefus Chrift; for the means of grace,
and for the hope of glory. And, we befeech
thee, give us that due fenfe of all thy mercies,

THANKSGIVINGS.

that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful,
and that we fhew forth thy praife, not only
with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up
ourfelves to thy fervice, and by walking before
thee in holinefs and righteoufnefs all our days ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord, to whom with
thee and the Holy Ghoft be all honour and
glory, world without end. Amen.

For Rain.

OGod our heavenly Father, who by thy
gracious providence doft caufe the for-
\ mer and the latter rain to defcend upon the
earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the ufe
of man ; We give thee humble thanks that it
hath pleafed thee, in our great neceffity, to
fend us at the laft a joyful rain upon thine in
heritance, and to refrefh it when it was dry,
to the great comfort of us thy unworthy fer-
vants, and to the glory of thy holy Name;
through thy mercies in Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

For fair Weather.

Lord God, who haft juftly humbled us
by thy late plague of immoderate rain
and waters, and in thy mercy haft relieved
and comforted our fouls by this feafonable and
blefled change of weather; We praife and
glorify thy holy Name for this thy mercy, and
will always declare thy loving-kindnefs from

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THANKSGIVINGS.

generation to generation ; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

For Plenty.

OMoft merciful Father, who of thy gra
cious goodnefs haft heard the devout
prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth
and fcarcity into cheapnefs and plenty; We
give thee humble thanks for this thy fpecial
bounty; befeeching thee to continue thy lov-
ing-kindnefs unto us, that our land may yield
us her fruits of increafe, to thy glory and
our comfort; through Jefus Chrift our Lord,
Amen,

For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies.

O Almighty God, who art a ftrong tower
of defence unto thy fervants againft the
face of their enemies; We yield thee praife
and thankfgiving for our deliverance from
thofe great and apparent dangers wherewith
we were compafled : We acknowledge it thy
goodnefs that we were not delivered over as
a prey unto them; befeeching thee ftill to
continue fuch thy mercies towards us, that all
the world may know that thou art our Saviour
and mighty Deliverer; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

For rejloring Publick Peace at Home.

O Eternal God, our heavenly Father, whc
alone makeft men to be of one mind in

THANKSGIVINGS.

a houfe, and ftillefl the outrage of a violent
and unruly people ; We blefs thy holy Name,
that it hath pleafed thee to appeafe the fedi-
tious tumults which have been lately raifed up
amongft us ; moil humbly befeeching thee to
grant to all of vis grace, that we may hence
forth obediently walk in thy holy command
ments; and, leading a quiet and peaceable
life in all godlinefs and honefty, may continu
ally offer unto thee our facrifice of praife and
thankfgiving for thefe thy mercies towards us ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

For Deliverance from the Plague, or other
common Sicknefs.

OLord God, who haft wounded us for our
fins, and confumed us for our tranfgref-
fions, by thy late heavy and dreadful vifita-
tion; and now, in the midft of judgement re
membering mercy, haft redeemed our fouls
from the jaws of death; We offer unto thy
fatherly goodnefs ourfelves, our fouls and bo
dies which thou haft delivered, to be a living
facrifice unto thee, always praifing and mag
nifying thy mercies in the miclft of thy Church;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

WE humbly acknowledge before thee,
O moft merciful Father, that all the
punifliments which are threatened in thy law

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Thejirjl Sunday in Advent.

might juftly have fallen upon us, by reafon of
our manifold tranfgreffions and hardnefs of
heart : Yet feeing it hath pleafed thee of thy
tender mercy, upon our weak and unworthy
humiliation, to aiFwage the contagious ficknefs
wherewith we lately have been fore afflidted,
and to reftore the voice of joy and health into
our dwellings ; We offer unto thy Divine Ma-
jefty the facrifice of praife and thankfgiving,
lauding and magnifying thy glorious Name
for fuch thy prefervation and providence over
us; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS

TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Note, that the Collect appointed for eveiy Sunday, or for any Holy-day
that hath a Vigil or Eve, shall be said at the Evemng Service next before.

Thejirjl Sunday in Advent.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we
may caft away the works of darknefs,
and put upon us the armour of light, now in
the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son
Jefus Chrift came to viiit us in great humili
ty; that in the laft day, when he fhall come

Thcjirft Sunday in Advent.

again in his glorious Majefly to judge both
the quick and dead, we may rile to the life
immortal, through him who liveth and reign-
eth with thee and the Holy Gholt, now and
ever. Amen.

5F This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent,

until Christmas- Eve.

The Epiftle. Rom. xiii. 8.

OWE no man any thing, but to love one
another : for he that loveth another hath
fulfilled the law. For this, Thou {halt not
commit adultery, Thou lhalt not kill, Thou
(halt not fteal, Thou lhalt not bear falfe wit-
nefs, Thou lhalt not covet; and if there be
any other commandment, it is briefly compre
hended in this faying, namely, Thou (halt love
thy neighbour as thyfelf. Love worketh no ill
to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling
of the law. And that, knowing the time, that
now it is high time to awake out of deep : for
now is our (alvation nearer than when we be
lieved. The night is far fpent, the day is at
hand; let us therefore caft off the works of
darknefs, and let us put on the armour of
light. Let us walk honeflly as in the day;
not in rioting and drunkennefs, not in cham
bering and wantonnefs, not in ftrife and en
vying. But put ye on the Lord Jefus Chrift,
and make not provifion for the flelh, to fulfil
the lufts thereof.

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Thefirft Sunday in Advent.

The GofpeL St. Matth. xxi. 1.

WHEN they drew nigh unto Jerufalem,
and were come to Bethphage, unto
the mount of Olives, then fent Jefus two dif-
ciples, faying unto them, Go into the village
over againft you, and ftraightway ye ftiall find
an afs tied, and a colt with her : loofe them,
and bring them unto me. And if any man
fay ought unto you, ye fliall fay, The Lord
hath need of them ; and ftraightway he will
fend them. All this was done, that it might
be fulfilled which was fpoken by the Prophet,
faying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold,
thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and fitting
upon an afs, and a colt the fole of an afs.
And the difciples went, and did as Jefus com
manded them; and brought the afs, and the
colt, and put on them their clothes, and they
fet him thereon. And a veiy great multitude
fpread their garments in the way; others cut
down branches from the trees, and ftrawed
them in the way. And the multitudes that
went before, and that followed, cried, faying,
Hofanna to the fon of David; Blefled is he
that cometh in the Name of the Lord ; Ho
fanna in the higheft. And when he was come
into Jerufalem all the city was moved, fay
ing, Who is this ? And the multitude faid,
This is Jefus the Prophet of Nazareth of Ga
lilee. And Jefus went into the temple of God,

Thefecond Sunday in Advent.

and caft out all them that fold and bought in
the temple; and overthrew the tables of the
money-changers, and the feats of them that
fold doves; and faid unto them, It is written,
My houfe (hall be called the houfe of prayer;
but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Thefecond Sunday in Advent
The Collect.

BLESSED Lord, who haft caufed all holy
Scriptures to be written for our learn
ing; Grant that we may in fuch wife hear
them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digeft
them, that by patience, and comfort of thy
holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold
faft the bleffed hope of everlafting life, which
thou haft given us in our Saviour Jefus Chrift.
Amen.

The Epiftle. Rom. xv. 4.

WHATSOEVER things were written
aforetime, were written for our learn
ing; that we through patience, and comfort
of the Scriptures, might have hope. Now
the God of patience and confolation grant you
to be like-minded one towards another, ac
cording to Chrift Jefus : that ye may with one
mind, and one mouth, glorify God, even the
Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift. Wherefore
receive ye one another, as Chrift alfo received
us, to the glory of God. Now I fay, that Jefus

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The fecond Sunday in Advent.

Chrift was a minifter of the circumcifion for
the truth of God, to confirm the proniiies made
unto the fathers : And that the Gentiles might
glorify God for his mercy ; as it is written, For
this caufe I will confefs to thee among the
Gentiles, and fing unto thy Name. And again
he faith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
And again, Praife the Lord, all ye Gentiles,
and laud him, all ye people. And again,
Efaias faith, There ihall be a root of Jelfe,
and he that fliall rife to reign over the Gen
tiles, in him (hall the Gentiles tmft. Now
the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace
in believing, that ye may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Ghoft.
The Gofpel. St. Luke xxi. 25.

AND there fliall be figns in the fun, and
in the moon, and in the ftars ; and up
on the earth diftrefs of nations, with per
plexity, the fea and the waves roaring ; men's
hearts failing them for fear, and for look
ing after thofe things which are coming
on the earth : for the powers of heaven fliall
be fliaken. And then fliall they fee the Son
of Man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory. And when thefe things begin to
come to pafs, then look up, and lift up your
heads ; for your redemption draweth nigh.
And he fpake to them a parable, Behold the
fig-tree, and all the trees ; when they now fhoot

The third Sunday in Advent.

i forth, ye fee and know of your own felves that

} fummer is now nigh at hand. So likewife ye,

i when ye fee thefe things come to pafs, know

ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Verily I fay unto you, This generation fliall

not pafs away, till all be fulfilled : heaven and

earth fhall pafs away; but my words ihall not

pafs away.

The third Sunday in Advent.

The Collect. ^f:

OLord Jefu Chrift, who at thy firft com
ing didft fend thy meffenger to prepare
thy way before thee ; Grant that the minifters
and ftewards of thy myfteries may likewife fo
prepare and make ready thy way, by turning
the hearts of the difobedient to the wifdom of
the juft, that at thy fecond coming to judge
the world we may be found an acceptable
people in thy fight, who liveft and reigneft
with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever
one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epiftle. 1 Cor. iv. 1 .

LET a man fo account of us, as of the
minifters of Chrift, and ftewards of the
myfteries of God. Moreover, it is required
in ftewards, that a man be found faithful. But
with me it is a veiy fmall thing that I ftiould
be judged of you, or of man's judgement: yea,
I judge not mine own felf. For I know no-

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The third Sunday in Advent.

thing by myfelf, yet am I not hereby juftified;
but he that judgeth me is the Lord. There
fore judge nothing before the time, until the
Lord come, who both will bring to light the
hidden things of darknefs, and will make ma-
nifeft the counfels of the hearts; and then
fliall every man have praife of God.

:: \[ ,.._- The Go/pel. St.Matth. xi. 2. ?" *

NOW when John had heard in the prifon
the works of Chrift, he fent two of his
difciples, and faid unto him, Art thou he that
ftiould come, or do we look for another ? Je-
fus anfwered and faid unto them, Go and fhew
John again thofe things which ye do hear and
fee: The blind receive their fight, and the
lame wralk, the lepers are cleanfed, and the
deaf hear, the dead are raifed up, and the
poor have the Gofpel preached to them : And
blefled is he whofoever fliall not be offended
in me. And as they departed, Jefus began
to fay unto the multitudes concerning John,
What went ye out into the wildernefs to fee ?
a reed (haken with the wrind ? But what went
ye out for to fee ? a man clothed in foft rai
ment? behold, they that wear foft clothing
are in kings' houfes. But what went ye out
for to fee ? a prophet ? yea, I fay unto you,
and more than a prophet. For this is he of
whom it is written, Behold, I fend my mef-

The fourth Sunday in Advent.

fenger before thy face, which fliall prepare thy
way before thee.

The fourth Sunday in Advent.

The Colleft. !t:*tt

OLord, raife up (we pray thee) thy power,
and come among us, and with great
might fuccour us ; that whereas, through our
fins and wickednefs, we are fore let and hin
dered in running the race that is fet before
us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may fpeedily
help and deliver us; through the fatisfadtion
of thy Son our Lord, to whom with thee and
the Holy Ghoft be honour and glory, world
without end. Amen.

The Epiftle. Phil. iv. 4.

REJOICE in the Lord alway, and again
I fay, Rejoice. Let your moderation be
known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Be careful for nothing : but in every thing,
by prayer and fupplication with thankfgiving,
let your requefts be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which pafleth all un-
derftanding, fhall keep your hearts and minds
through Chrift Jefus.

The Gofpel. St. John i. 19.

THIS is the record of John, when the Jews
fent Priefts and Levites from Jerufalem
to alk him, Who art thou? And he con-
feffedj and denied not j but confefled, I am

CHRISTMAS-DAY.

not the Chrift. And they aiked him, Wha
then? Art thou Elias? And he faith, I an
not. Art thou that Prophet? And he an
fwered, No. Then faid they unto him, Wh<
art thou? that we may give an anfwer tc
them that fent us. What fay eft thou of thy-
felf ? He faid, I am the voice of one crying
in the wildernefs, Make ftraight the way of
the Lord, as faid the prophet Efaias. And
they which were fent were of the Pharifees,
And they aiked him, and faid unto him, Why
baptizeft thou then, if thou be not that Chrift
nor Elias, neither that Prophet ? John an-
fwered them, faying, I baptize with water
but there ftandeth one among you, whom ye
know not : He it is who coming after me is
preferred before me, whofe fhoe's latchet I
am not worthy to unloofe. Thefe things were
done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John
was baptizing.

The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of

CHRIST, commonly called Chrijlmas-day.

The ColleSt.

ALMIGHTY God, who haft given us thy
only-begotten Son to take our nature
upon him, and as at this time to be born of
a pure Virgin ; Grant that we being regene
rate, and made thy children by adoption and
grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy

CHRISTMAS-DAY.

Spirit; through the fame our Lord JefusChrift,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
fame Spirit, ever one God, world without
end. Amen.

The Epiftle. Hebrews i. 1.

GOD, who at fundry times and in divers
manners fpake in time paft unto the
fathers by the prophets, hath in thefe laft days
fpoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom alfo he
made the worlds ; who being the brightnefs
of his glory, and the exprefs image of his per-
fon, and upholding all things by the word of
his power, when he had by himfelf purged our
fins, fat down on the right hand of the Ma-
jefty 011 high; being made fo much better
than the angels, as he hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they.
For unto which of the angels faid he at any
time, Thou art my Son, this day have I be
gotten thee? And again, I will be to him a
Father, and he ihall be to me a Son? And
again, when he bringeth in the firft-begotten
into the world, he faith, And let all the angels
of God worlhip him. And of the angels he
faith, Who maketh his angels fpirits, and his
miniilers a flame of fire. But unto the Son
he faith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and
ever ; a fceptre of righteoufnefs is the fceptre
of thy kingdom : Thou haft loved righteouf-

CHRISTMAS-DAY.

nefs, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even
thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladnefs above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord,
in the beginning haft laid the foundation of
the earth; and the heavens are the works of
thine hands: they fliall perilh, but thou re-
maineft ; and they all fhall wax old as doth a
garment; and as a vefture (halt thou fold them
up, and they lhall be changed; but thou art
the fame, and thy years (hall not fail.
The Gofpel. St. John i. 1 .

IN the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was
God. The fame was in the beginning with
God. All things were made by him ; anc
without him was not any thing made that was
made. In him was life, and the life was the
light of men. And the light Ihineth in dark-
nefs, and the darknefs comprehended it not.
There was a man fent from God, whofe name
was John. The fame came for a witnefs, to
bear witnefs of the light, that all men through
him might believe. He was not that light,
but was fent to bear witnefs of that light.
That was the true light, which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world. He was in
the world, and the world was made by him,
and the world knew him not. He came unto
his own, and his own received him not. But
as many as received him, to them gave he

Saint Stephen's Day.

power to become the fons of God, even to
them that believe on his Name : which were
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flefh,
nor of the will of man, but of God. And the
Word was made flefli, and dwelt among us
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the
only-begotten of the Father) full of grace and
truth.

Saint Stephen's Day.

The Collett.

GRANT, O Lord, that, in all our fufter-
ings here upon earth for the teftimony
of thy truth, we may ftedfaftly look up to
heaven, and by faith behold the glory that
ihall be revealed; and, being tilled with the
holy Ghoft, may learn to love and blefs our
persecutors by the example of thy firft Martyr
Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers
to thee, O bleffed Jefus, who ftandeft at the
right hand of God to fuccour all thofe that
fuffer for thee, our only Mediator and Advo
cate. Amen.

11 Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually
unto New-year's Eve.

For the Epi/lle. A6ls vii. 55.
^EPHEN, being full of the holy Ghoft,
^- looked up ftedfaftly into heaven, and faw
the glory of God, and Jefus (landing on the
right hand of God, and faid, Behold, I fee

Saint Stephens Day.

the heavens opened, and the Son of Mai
Handing on the right hand of God. Then
they cried out with a loud voice, and flopped
their ears, and ran upon him with one ac
cord, and caft him out of the city, and ftoned
him : and the witnefles laid down their clothes
at a young man's feet, whofe name was Saul.
And they ftoned Stephen, calling upon God,
and faying, Lord Jefus, receive my fpirit. And
he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,
Lord, lay not this fin to their charge. And
when he had faid this, he fell afleep.

The Go/pel. St. Matth. xxiii. 34.

BEHOLD, I fend unto you prophets, and
wife men, and fcribes ; and fome of them
ye fhall kill and crucify; and fome of them
fhall ye fcourge in your fynagogues, and per-
fecute them from city to city ; that upon you
may come all the righteous blood fhed upon
the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel
unto the blood of Zacharias, fon of Barachias,
whom ye flew between the temple and the
altar. Verily I fay unto you, All thefe things
fhall come upon this generation. O Jerufa-
lem, Jerufalem, thou that killeft the prophets,
and ftoneft them which are fent unto thee ;
how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, and ye would not! Behold,
your houfe is left unto you defolate. For I

Saint John the EvangeliJPs Day.

unto you, Ye ftiall not fee me henceforth,
ill ye (hall fay, Bleffed is he that cometh in
;he Name of the Lord.

Saint John the Evangeli/fs Day.
The Collect. '

MERCIFUL Lord, we befeech thee to
caft thy bright beams of light upon
:hy Church, that it being enlightened by the
lodtrine of thy blefled Apoftle and Evangelift
5aint John may fo walk in the light of thy
Tilth, that it may at length attain to the light
)f everlafting life ; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

TheEpiJtle. 1 St. Jolmi. 1.

THAT which was from the beginning,
which we have heard, which we have feen
ivith our eyes, which we have looked upon,
ind our hands have handled of the word
)f life; (for the life was manifefted, and we
lave feen it, and bear witnefs, and fliew unto
fou that eternal life, which was with the Fa-
;her, and was manifefted unto us;) That which
we have feen and heard declare we unto you,
:hat ye alfo may have fellowfliip with us ; and
;ruly our fellowlhip is with the Father, and
ivith his Son Jefus Chrift. And thefe things
write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
This then is the meflage which we have heard
pf him, and declare unto you, That God is

Saint John the EvangeliJFs Day.

light, and in him is no darknefs at all. If we !
fay that we have fellowfhip with him, and walk
in darknefs, we lie, and do not the truth: but I
if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, ;
we have fellowlhip one with another, and the ;
blood of Jefus Chrift his Son cleanfeth us from j
all fin. If we fay that we have no fin, we 1
deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us. j
If we confefs our fins, he is faithful and juft n
to forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from |
all unrighteoufnefs. If we fay that we have I
not finned, we make him a liar, and his word |
is not in us.

The Go/pel. St. John xxi. 19.

JESUS faid unto Peter, Follow me. Then j
Peter, tinning about, feeth the difciple |
whom Jefus loved following ; which alfo lean- j
ed on his breaft at fupper, and faid, Lord, !
which is he that betray eth thee? Peter feeing !
him faith to Jefus, Lord, and what fhall this I
man do ? Jefus faith unto him, If I will that
he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? j
Follow thou me. Then went this faying abroad
among the brethren, That that difciple fhould
jiot die : yet Jefus faid not unto him, He fhall
not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, j
what is that to thee? This is the difciple
which teftifieth of thefe things, and wrote
thefe things, and we know that his teftimony
is true. And there are alfo many other things

The Innocents' Dm/.

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which Jefus did, the which if they ftiould be
written eveiy one, I fuppofe, that even the
world itfelf could not contain the books that
fliould be written.

Tlie Innocents'* Day.
I The Collet.

O Almighty God, who out of the mouths
of babes and fucklings haft ordained
ftrength, and madeft infants to glorify thee
by their deaths ; Mortify and kill all vices in
us, and fo ftrengthen us by thy grace, that by
the innocency of our lives, and conftancy of our
faith even unto death, we may glorify thy holy
Name ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
For the Epiftle. Rev. xiv. 1 .

1 Looked, and lo, a Lamb flood on the
mount Sion, and with him an hundred

forty and four thoufand, having his Father's
; Name written in their foreheads. And I heard
t a voice from heaven, as the voice of many

waters, and as the voice of a great thunder :
] and I heard the voice of harpers harping with
j their harps : and they fung as it were a new
1 fong before the throne, and before the four

beafts, and the elders; and no man could
e leam that fong, but the hundred and forty
f and four thoufand, which were redeemed from

the earth. Thefe are they which were not

defiled with women, for they are virgins : thefe

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The Innocents' Day.

are they which follow the Lamb whitherfoever
he goeth: thefe were redeemed from among
men, being the firft-fruits unto God, and to
the Lamb. And in their mouth was found
no guile; for they are without fault before the
throne of God. •*

The Go/pel St. Matth. ii. 13.

THE Angel of the Lord appeareth to Jo-
feph in a dream, faying*, Arife, and take
the young child, and his mother, and flee into
Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee
word; for Herod will feek the young child!
to deftroy him. When he arofe, he took the
young child and his mother by night, and de
parted into Egypt, and was there until thej
death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled j
which was fpoken of the Lord by the pro- j
phet, faying, Out of Egypt have I called my j
Son. Then Herod, when he faw that he was
mocked of the wife men, was exceeding wroth; !
and fent forth, and flew all the children that
were in Bethlehem, and in all the coafts there-*
of, from two years old and under, according
to the time which he had diligently enquired
of the wife men. Then was fulfilled that
which was fpoken by Jeremy the prophet,
faying, In Rama was there a voice heard, la
mentation, and weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children, and would
not be comforted, becaufe they are not

The Sunday after Chriftmas-day.

The Collect.

A" LMIGHTY God, who haft given us thy
only-begotten Son to take our nature
upon him, and as at this time to be born of
a pure Virgin ; Grant that we being regene
rate, and made thy children by adoption and
grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spi
rit ; through the fame our Lord Jefus Chrift,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the fame
Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
TheEplJlle. Gal. iv. 1.

NOW I fay, that the heir, as long as he is
a child, diifereth nothing from a fer-
vant, though he be lord of all; but is under
tutors and governours, until the time appoint^
ed of the father. Even fo we, when we were
children, were in bondage under the elements
of the world : but when the fulnefs of the
time was come, God fent forth his Son, made
of a woman, made under the law, to redeem
them that were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of fons. And becaufe
ye are fons, God hath fent forth the Spirit of
his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Fa
ther. Wherefore thou art no more a fer-
vant, but a fon ; and if a fon, then an heir of
God through Chrift.

The Go/pel. St. Matth. i. 18.

THE birth of Jefus Chrift was on this wife :
When as his mother Mary was efpoufed

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The Circumcijion ofChri/i.

to Jofeph, before they came together fhe was
found with child of the Holy Ghoft. Then
Jofeph her hulband, being a juft man, and not
willing to make her a publick example, was
minded to put her away privily. But while
he thought on thefe things, behold, the angel
of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream,
faying, Jofeph thou fon of David, fear not to
take unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which
is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghoft : And
Ihe fliall bring forth a Son, and thou (halt call
his name JESUS ; for he lhall fave his people
from their fins. (Now all this was done, that
it might be fulfilled which was fpoken of the
Lord by the prophet, faying, Behold, a Virgin
fliall be with child, and ftiall bring forth a
Son, and they (hall call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is, God with us.)
Then Jofeph, being raifed from fleep, did as
the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and
took unto him his wife; and knew her not
till (he had brought forth her firft-born fon :
and he called his name JESUS.

The Circumcijion of Chrijl.
The CotteSt.

ALMIGHTY God, who madeft thy bleff-
ed Son to be circumcifed, and obedient
to the law for man ; Grant us the true Cir-
cumcifion of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and

The Circumcijion of Chrift.

all our members, being mortified from all
worldly and carnal lufts, we may in all things
obey thy bleffed will; through the fame thy
Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epijlle. Rom. iv. 8. i .&$£

BLESSED is the man to whom the Lord
will not impute fin. Cometh this bleff-
ednefs then upon the circumcifion only, or
upon the uncircumcifion alfo ? For we fay, that
faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteouf-
nefs. How was it then reckoned? when he
was in circumcifion, or in uncircumcifion ?
Not in circumcifion, but in uncircumcifion.
And he received the fign of circumcifion, a
feai of the righteoufnefs of the faith which he
had yet being uncircumcifed ; that he might
be the father of all them that believe, though
they be not circumcifed; that righteoufnefs
might be imputed unto them alfo : And the
father of circumcifion to them who are not
of the circumcifion only, but alfo walk in the
fteps of that faith of our father Abraham,
which he had being yet uncircumcifed. For
the promife, that he fhould be the heir of the
world, was not to Abraham, or to his feed,
through the law, but through the righteouf
nefs of faith. For if they which are of the
law be heirs, faith is made void, and the pro
mife made of none effedt

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The Epiphany.

The Go/pel. St. Luke ii. 15.

AN D it came to pafs, as the angels were
gone away from them into heaven, the
ihepherds faid one to another, Let us now
go even unto Bethlehem, and fee this thing
which is come to pafs, which the Lord hath
made known unto us. And they came with
hafte, and found Mary and Jofeph, and the
babe lying in a manger. And when they had
feen it, they made known abroad the faying
which was told them concerning this child.
And all they that heard it wondered at thofe
things which were told them by the fhepherds.
But Maiy kept all thefe things, and pondered
them in her heart. And the fhepherds re
turned, glorifying and praifing God for all the
things that they had heard and feen, as it
was told unto them. And when eight days
were accompliflied for the circumcifing of the
child, his name was called JESUS, which was
fo named of the angel before he was conceiv
ed in the womb.

5T The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after unto

the Epiphany.

The Epiphany, or the Manifeftation of Chrift
to the Gentiles.

:i h v The Collet.

OGod, who by the leading of a ilar didft
manifeft thy only-begotten Son to the
Gentiles ; Mercifully grant, that we, which

The Epiphany.

know thee now by faith, may after this life
have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
The Epijlle. Ephef.iii. 1.

FOR this caufe, I Paul, the prifoner of Je
fus Chrift for you Gentiles ; if ye have
heard of the difpenfation of the grace of God,
which is given me to you- ward : How that by
revelation he made known unto me the myf-
tery (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby,
when ye read, ye may underftand my know
ledge in the myftery of Chrift) which hi other
ages was not made known unto the fons of
men, as it is now revealed unto his holy
Apoftles and Prophets by the Spirit; That the
Gentiles fhould be fellow-heirs, and of the
fame body, and partakers of his promife in
Chrift, by the Gofpel : whereof I was made
a minifter, according to the gift of the grace
of God given unto me by the effectual work
ing of his power. Unto me, who am lefs
than the leait of all faints, is this grace
given, that I ftiould preach among the Gen
tiles the unfearchable riches of Chrift ; and to
make all men fee what is the fellowfhip of
the myftery, which from the beginning of the
world hath been hid in God, who created all
things by Jefus Chrift : to the intent, that now
unto the principalities and powers in hea
venly places might be known by the Church

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The Epiphany.

the manifold wifdom of God, according to the
eternal purpofe which he purpofed in Chrift
Jefus our Lord: In whom we have boldnefs
and accefs with confidence by the faith of
him.

The Go/pel St. Matth. ii. 1.

WHEN Jefus was born in Bethlehem of
Judaea, in the days of Herod the king,
behold, there came wife men from the eaft to
Jerufalem, faying, Where is he that is born
King of the Jews ? for we have feen his ftar
in the eaft, and are come to worfhip him.
When Herod the king had heard thefe things,
he was troubled, and all Jerufalem with him.
And when he had gathered all the chief priefts
and fcribes of the people together, he de
manded of them, where Chrift fliould be born.
And they faid unto him, In Bethlehem of
Judaea : for thus it is written by the prophet,
And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,
art not the leaft among the princes of Juda :
for out of thee fhall come a Governour that
(hall rule my people Ifrael. Then Herod,
when he had privily called the wife men, en
quired of them diligently what time the ftar
appeared. And he fent them to Bethlehem,
and faid, Go, and fearch diligently for the
young child, and when ye have found him,
bring me word again, that I may come and
worflnp him alfo. When they had heard the

Thejirft Sunday after the Epiphany.

king, they departed; and lo, the ftar which
they faw in the eaft went before them, till it
came and flood over where the young child
was. When they faw. the ftar, they rejoiced
with exceeding great joy. And when they
were come into the houfe, they faw the young
child with Maiy his mother, and fell down
and worfhipped him : and when they had
opened their treafures, they prefented unto
him gifts ; gold, and frankincenfe, and myrrh.
And being warned of God in a dream that
they fhould not return to Herod, they de
parted into their own country another way.

Thejirft Sunday after the Epiphany.

P The Collect, if ot

OLord, we befeech thee mercifully to re
ceive the prayers of thy people which
call upon thee ; and grant that they may both
perceive and know what things they ought to
do, and alfo may have grace and power faith
fully to fulfil the fame ; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. Rom. xii. 1 .

1 Befeech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye prefent your bo
dies a living facrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God, which is your reafonable fervice. And
be not conformed to this world; but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind,

Thejirft Sunday after the Epiphany.

that ye may prove what is that good, and ac
ceptable, and perfedt will of God. For I fay,
through the grace given unto me, to eveiy
man that is among you, not to think of him-
felf more highly than he ought to think, but
to think foberly, according as God hath dealt
to every man the meafure of faith. For as
we have many members in one body, and all
members have not the fame office ; fo we,
being many, are one body in Chrift, and every
one members one of another.

The Go/pel. St. Luke ii. 41.

NOW his parents went to Jerufalem eveiy
year at the feaft of the paffover. And
when he was twelve years old, they went up
to Jerufalem, after the cuftom of the feaft.
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they
returned, the child Jefus tarried behind in
Jerufalem ; and Jofeph and his mother knew
not of it. But they, fuppofing him to have
been in the company, went a day's journey,
and they fought him among their kinsfolk and
acquaintance. And when they found him not,
they turned back again to Jerufalem, feeking
him. And it came to pafs, that after three
days they found him in the temple, fitting im
the midft of the do6lors, both hearing them,
and alking them queftions. And all that heard
him were aftonilhed at his underftanding and
anfwers. And when they faw him, they were

Thefccond Sunday after the Epiphany.

amazed : and his mother faid unto him, Son,
why haft thoti thus dealt with us? behold,
thy father and I have fought thee forrowing.
And he faid unto them, How is it that ye
fought me? wift ye not that I muft be about
my Father's bufinefs ? And they underftood
not the faying which he fpake unto them.
And he went down with them, and came to
Nazareth, and was fubje6t unto them : but
his mother kept all thefe fayings in her heart.
And Jefus increafed in wifdom, and ftature,
and in favour with God and man.

Thefecond Sunday after the Epiphany.

The Collect.
A LMIGHTY and everlafting God, who

£*L- doft govern all things in heaven and
i earth ; Mercifully hear the fupplications of thy

people, and grant vis thy peace all the days
i of our life ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
, Amen.

\ The Epiftle. Rom. xii. 6.

, TTTAVING then gifts differing according
; A A to the grace that is given to us, whether
e prophecy, let us prophefy according to the
[i proportion of faith ; or miniftry, let us wait
t on our miniftering ; or he that teacheth, on
j teaching; or he that exhorteth,- on exhor-
d tation : he that giveth, let him do it with
t limplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence ; he

Thefecond Sunday after the Epiphany.

that flieweth mercy, with cheerfulnefs. Let
love be without diffimulation. Abhor that
which is evil, cleave to that which is good.
Be kindly affedtioned one to another with
brotherly love, in honour preferring one an
other : not flothful in bufinefs ; fervent in fpi-
rit; ferving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; pa
tient in tribulation ; continuing inftant in
prayer; diftributing to the neceffity of faints;
given to hofpitality. Blefs them which per-
fecute you ; blefs, and curfe not. Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and weep with
them that weep. Be of the fame mind one
towards another. Mind not high things, but
condefcend to men of low eftate.

The Go/pel. St. John ii. 1.

AND the third day there was a marriage
in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of
Jefus was there. And both Jefus was called,
and his difciples, to the marriage. And when
they wanted wine, the mother of Jefus faith
unto him, They have no wine. Jefus faith
unto her, Woman, what have I to do with
thee ? mine hour is not yet come. His mo
ther faith unto the fervants, Whatfoever he
faith unto you, do it. And there were fet
there fix water-pots of ftone, after the man
ner of the purifying of the Jews, containing
two or three firkins apiece. Jefus faith unto
them, Fill the water-pots with water. And

The third Sunday after the Epiphany.

they filled them up to the brim. And he laitli
unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto
the governour of the feaft. And they bare
it. When the ruler of the feaft had tafted
the water that was made wine, and knew not
whence it was, (but the fervants which drew
the water knew,) the governour of the feaft
called the bridegroom, and faith unto him,
Eveiy man at the beginning doth fet forth
good wine, and when men have well drunk,
then that which is worfe : but thou haft kept
the good wine until now. This beginning of
miracles did Jefus in Cana of Galilee, and
manifefted forth his glory, and his difciples
believed on him.

Tlie third Sunday after the Epiphany.

The Cotteft.

ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, merci-
fully look upon our infirmities, and in
all our dangers and neceffities ftretch forth
thy right hand to help and defend us ; through
Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epijlle. Rom. xii. 16.
TTI E not wife in your own conceits. Re-
-U compenfe to no man evil for evil. Pro-
vide things honeft in the fight of all men. If
it be poffible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved,
avenge .not yourfelves, but rather give place

The third Sunday after the Epiphany.

unto wrath ; for it is written, Vengeance isj
mine; I will repay, faith the Lord. There- |i
fore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he
thirft, give him drink : for in fo doing thou
{halt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not
overcome of evil, but overcome evil with
good.

The Gofpel. St. Matth. viii. 1 ,

WHEN he was come down from the
mountain, great multitudes followed
him. And behold, 'there came a leper and
worlhipped him, laying, Lord, if thou wilt,!
thou canft make me clean. And Jefus put
forth his hand, and touched him, faying, I
will; be thou clean. And immediately his
leprofy was cleanfed. And Jefus faith unto
him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, !
(hew thyfelf to the prieft, and offer the gift
that Mofes commanded, for a teftimony unto
them. And when Jefus Avas entered into Ca
pernaum, there came unto him a centurion
befeeching him, and faying, Lord, my fervant
lieth at home fick of the palfy, grievoufly tor
mented. And Jefus faith unto him, I will;
come and heal him. The centurion anfwered
and faid, Lord, I am not worthy that thou
ftiouldeft come under my roof; but fpeak the
word only, and my fervant ftiall be healed.
For I am a man under authority, having fol-
diers under me: and I fay unto this man, Go,

The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany.

and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he
cometh ; and to my fervant, Do this, and he
doeth it. When Jefus heard it, he marvel
led, and faid to them that followed, Verily
I fay unto you, I have not found fo great
faith, no not in IfraeL And I fay unto you,
That many fhall come from the eaft and weft,
and fliall fit down with Abraham, and Ifaac,
and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the
children of the kingdom fhall be caft out into
outer darknefs : there fhall be weeping and
gnafhing of teeth. And Jefus faid unto the
centurion, Go thy way, and as thou haft be
lieved, fo be it done unto thee. And his fer-
vant was healed in the felf-fame hour.

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The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany.
The Collect.

OGod, who knoweft us to be fet in the midfl
of fo many and great dangers, that by
reafon of the frailty of our nature we cannot
always ftand upright ; Grant to us fuch ftrength
and protection, as may fupport us in all dan
gers, and carry us through all temptations j
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
The Epiftlc. Rom. xiii. 1.

LET every foul be fubjecft unto the higher
powers ; for there is no power but of
God : the powers that be are ordained of
God. Whofoever therefore refifteth the power

The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany.

refifteth the ordinance of God : and they that i
refift (hall receive to themfelves damnation, i
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but i|
to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of
the power? do that which is good, and thou \
fhalt have praife of the fame : for he is the mi-
nifter of God to thee for good. But if thou
do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth
not the fword in vain : for he is the minifter
of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him
that doeth evil. Wherefore ye muft needs be
fubjedl, not only for wrath, but alfo for con-
fcience fake. For for this caufe pay ye tri
bute alfo ; for they are God's minifters, attend
ing continually upon this very thing. Render
therefore to all their dues ; tribute to whom
tribute is due, cuftom to whom cuftom, fear to
whom fear, honour to whom honour.

TJie Go/pel. St. Matth. viii. 23.

AND when he was entered into a (hip, his
difciples followed him. And behold,
there arofe a great tempeft in the fea, info-
much that the fhip was covered with the
waves : but he was afleep. And his dif
ciples came to him, and awoke him, faying,
Lord, fave us, we perifli. And he faith unto
them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?
Then he arofe, and rebuked the winds and
the fea, and there was a great calm. But the
men marvelled, faying, What manner of man

The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.

is this, that even the winds and the fea obey
him! And when he was come to the other
fide into the country of the Gergefenes, there
met him two poflefled with devils, coming out
of the tombs, exceeding fierce, fo that no man
might pals by that way. And behold, they
cried out, faying, What have we to do with
thee, Jefus, thou Son of God? art thou come
hither to torment us before the time? And
there was a good way off from them an herd
of many fwine, feeding. So the devils befought
him, faying, If thou caft us out, fuffer us to
go away into the herd of fwine. And he faid
unto them, Go. And when they were come
out, they went into the herd of fwine : and
behold, the whole herd of fwine ran violently
down a fteep place into the fea, and periihed
in the waters. And they that kept them fled,
and went their ways into the city, and told
eveiy thing, and what was befallen to the pof-
fefled of the devils. And behold, the whole
city came out to meet Jefus : and when they
faw him, they befought him, that he would
depart out of their coafts.

The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.

The Colledt.

f\ Lord, we befeech thee to keep thy Church
^^ and houfhold continually in thy true re
ligion ; that they who do lean only upon the

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The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.

hope of thy heavenly grace may evermore
defended by thy mighty power; through Jefixg
Chrift otir Lord. Amen.

The Epi/lle. Col. iii. 12.

PUT on therefore, as the elecft of God, holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindnefs,
humblehefs of mind, meeknefs, long-fuffering;
forbearing one another, and forgiving one an
other, if any man have a quarrel againft any ;
even as Chrift forgave you, fo alfo do ye. And
above all thefe things put on charity, which is
the bond of perfe&neis. And let the peace
of God rule in your hearts, to the which alfp
ye are called in one body ; and be ye thank
ful. Let the word of Chrift dwell in you
richly in all wifclom, teaching and admonifh-
ing one another in pfahns, and hymns, and
fpiritual fongs, finging with grace in your
hearts to the Lord. And whatfoever ye do,
in wrord or deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Jefus, giving thanks to God and the
Father by him.

TheGofpel St. Matth. xiii. 24.

THE kingdom of heaven is likened unto a
man which fowed good feed in his field.
But while men flept, his enemy came and
fowed tares among the wheat, and went his
w^ay. But when the blade was fprung up,
and brought forth fruit, then appeared the
tares alfo. So the fervants of the houiholder

(Tliefixth Sunday ttftw the Epiphany,
came, and faid unto him, Sir, didft not thou
fow good feed in thy field? from whence then
hath it tares? He faid unto them,, An enemy
hath done this. The fervants faid unto him,
Wilt thou then that we go and gather them
up? But he faid, Nay; left while ye gather
up the tares, ye root up alfo the wheat with
them. Let both grow together until the har-
veft ; and in the time of harveft I will fay to
the reapers, Gather ye together firft the tares,
and bind them in bundles to burn them : but
gather the wheat into my barn.

The Jlxth Sunday after the Epiphany.
The Collett.

OGod, whofe bleffed Son was manifefted
that he might deftroy the works of the
devil, and make us the fons of God, and heirs
of eternal life; Grant us, we befeech thee, that,
having this hope, we may purify ourfelves,
even as he is pure ; that, when he lhall appear
again with power and great glory, we may be
made like unto him in his eternal and glorious
kingdom; where with thee, O Father, and
thee, O Holy Ghoft, he liveth and reigneth,
ever one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epijlle. 1 St. John iii. 1 .

BEHOLD, what manner of love the Fa
ther hath bellowed upon us, that we
fliould be called the fons of God : therefore

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TheJtcVth Sunday after the Epiphany.

the world knoweth us not, becaufe it knew'
him not. Beloved, now are we the fons ofi
God, and it doth not yet appear what we
fliall be : but we know, that, when he (hall
appear, we fhall be like him ; for we fliall fee
him as he is. And every man that hath thisij
hope in him purifieth himfelf, even as he is!
pure. Whofoever committeth fin tranfgrefTeth
alfo the law : for fin is the tranfgreffion of the
law. And ye know that he was manifefted
to take away our fins ; and in him is no fin,
Whofoever abideth in him fimieth not : who-
foever finneth hath not feen him, neither!
known him. Little children, let no man
deceive you : he that doeth righteoufnefs is
righteous, even as he is righteous. He that
committeth fin is of the devil : for the devil
finneth from the beginning. For this pur-
pofe the Son of God was manifefted, that he,
might deftroy the works of the deviL
The Gofpel. St. Matth. xxiv. 23.

THEN if any man fliall fay unto you, Lo,
here is Chrift, or there ; believe it not.
For there fliall arife falfe Chrifts, and falfe |
prophets, and fliall {hew great figns and won
ders ; infomuch that (if it were poflible) they
fliall deceive the very ele6t. Behold, I have
told you before. Wherefore, if they fliall fay
unto you, Behold, he is in the defert ; go not
forth : behold, he is in the fecret chambers ;

Septuagejima Sunday.

j believe it not. For as the lightning cometh

« out of the eaft, and fliineth even unto the weft j

e fo fliall alfo the coming of the Son of Man be.

1 For wherefoever the carcafe is, there will the

» eagles be gathered together. Immediately

i after the tribulation of thofe days fliall the

i fun be darkened, and the moon fliall not give

i her light, and the ftars fliall fall from heaven,

i and the powers of the heavens fliall be ihakeii.

And then fliall appear the fign of the Son of

Man in heaven : and then fliall all the tribes

of the earth mourn, and they ftiall fee the Son

of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with

power and great glory. And he ftiall fend his

angels with a great found of a trumpet, and

they fliall gather together his ele<ft from the

four winds, from one end of heaven to the

other.

The Sunday called Septuagejima^ or the third
Sunday before Lent.

\ k The Colleft.

OLord, we befeech thee favourably to hear
the prayers of thy people ; that we, who
are juftly puniflied for our offences, may be
mercifully delivered by thy goodnefs, for the
glory of thy Name ; through Jefus Chrift our
Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee
and the Holy Ghoft, ever one God, world
without end. Amen.

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Septuagejima Sunday.

The Epiftk. 1 Cor. ix. 24.

KNOW ye not, that they which run in
a race run all, but one receiveth the
prize? So run that ye may obtain. And
every man that ftriveth for the maftery is
temperate in all things : now they do it to
obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incor
ruptible. I therefore fo run, not as uncer
tainly ; fo fight I, not as one that beateth the
air : but I keep under my body, and bring it
into fubjecftion, left that by any means, when
I have preached to others, I myfelf fliould be
a caft-away.

The Go/pel. St. Matth. xx. 1.

THE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man
that is an houfholder, which went out
early in the morning to hire labourers into
his vineyard. And when he had agreed with
the labourers for a peny a clay, he fent them
into his vineyard. And he went out about
the third hour, and faw others Handing idle
in the market-place, and faid unto them, Go
ye alfo into the vineyard, and whatfoever is
right I will give you. And they went their
way. Again he went out about the fixth and
ninth hour, and did likewife. And about the
eleventh hour he went out, and found others
{landing idle, and faith unto them, Why ftand
ye here all the day idle ? They fay unto him,
becaufe no man hath hired us. He faith imtd

Sexagejima Sunday.

them, Go ye alfo into the vineyard, and what-
foever is right, that fhall ye receive. So when
even was come, the lord of the vineyard faith
unto his fteward, Call the labourers, and give
them their hire, beginning from the laft unto
the firft. And when they came that were hired
about the eleventh hour, they received eveiy
man a peny. But when the firft came, they
fuppofed that they fhould have received more;
and they likewife received eveiy man a peny.
And when they had received it, they mur
mured againft the good-man of the houfe,
faying, Thefe laft have wrought but one hour,
and thou haft made them equal unto us, which
have borne the burden and heat of the day.
But he anfwered one of them, and faid, Friend,
I do thee no wrong; didft not thou agree
with me for a peny ? Take that thine is, and
go thy way; I will give unto this laft even as
unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what
I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, be-
caufe I am good? So the laft fhall be firft,
and the firft laft : for many be called, but few
chofen.

The Sunday called Sexagejima, or the fecond

Sunday before Lent.

The Collett.

OLord God, who feeft that we put not our
truft in any thing that we do; Mercifully

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Sexagejima Sunday.

grant that by thy power we may be defended I
againft all adverfity ; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

The Epijlle. 2 Cor. xi. 19.

YE fuffer fools gladly, feeing ye yourfelves
are wife. For ye fuffer if a man bring j
you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a
man take of you, if a man exalt himfelf, if a
man finite you on the face. I fpeak as con
cerning reproach, as though we had been
weak : howbeit, whereinfoever any is bold,
(I fpeak foolifhly,) I am bold alfo. Are they
Hebrews ? fo am I. Are they Ifraelites ? fo
am I. Are they the feed of Abraham ? fo am
I. Are they minifters of Chrift ? (I fpeak as
a fool,) I am more : in labours more abun
dant ; in ftripes above meafure ; in prifons
more frequent ; in deaths oft. Of the Jews
five times received I forty ftripes fave one ;
thrice was I beaten with rods ; once was I
floned ; thrice I fuffered fhipwreck ; a night
and a day I have been in the deep ; in jour
neying often ; in perils of waters ; in perils
of robbers ; in perils by mine own country
men ; in perils by the heathen ; in perils in
the city ; in perils in the wildernefs ; in perils
in the fea; in perils among falfe brethren; in
wearinefs and painfulnefs ; in watchings often;
in hunger and thirft; in failings often; in cold
and nakednefs ; befides thofe things that are

Sewage/ima Sunday.

without, that which cometh upon me daily,
the care of all the churches. Who is weak,
and I am not weak ? who is oftended, and I
burn not ? If I muft needs glory, I will giory
of the things which concern mine infirmities.
The God and Father of our Lord Jefus Chrilt,
which is bleffed for evermore, knoweth that
I lie not.

The Gofpel. St. Luke viii. 4.

WHEN much people were gathered to
gether, and were come to him out of
every city, he fpake by a parable : A fower
went out to fow his feed; and as he fowed,
fome fell by the way-fide, and it was trodden
down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And
fome fell upon a rock, and as foon as it was
fpnmg up, it withered away, becaufe it lacked
moifture. And fome fell among thorns, and
the thorns fprang up witTi it, and choked it.
And other fell on good ground, and fprang
up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold. And
when he had faid thefe things, he cried, He
that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his
difciples alked him, faying, What might this
parable be? And he faid, Unto you it i$
given to know the myfteries of the kingdom
of God : but to others in parables ; that fee
ing they might not fee, and hearing they
might not underftand. Now the parable is
*his : The feed is the Word of God. Thofe

Qumquagcjima Sunday.

by the way-fide are they that hear; then
cometh the devil, and taketh away the word
out of their hearts, left they Ihould believe,
and be faved. They on the rock are they,
which, when they hear, receive the word with
joy ; and thefe have no root, which for a while
believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
And that which fell among thorns, are they,
which, when they have heard, go forth, and
are choaked with cares, and riches, and plea-
fures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfec
tion. But that on the good ground, are they,
which in an honeft and good heart, having
heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit
with patience.

The Sunday called Quinquagejima, or the ne$t

Sunday before Lent.

The Collect.

OLord, who haft taught us that all our
doings without charity are nothing worth;
Send thy Holy Ghoft, and pour into our hearts
that moft excellent gift of charity, the very
bond of peace and of all virtues, without which
whofoever liveth is counted dead before thee:
Grant this for thine only Son Jefus Chrift's
fake. Amen.

The Epiftle. 1 Cor. xiii. L

THOUGH I fpeak with the tongues of
men and of angels, and have not charity^

Quinquagcjima Sunday.

I am become as founding brafs, or a tinkling
cymbal. And though I have the gift of pro
phecy, and* underftand all myfteries, and all
knowledge; and though I have all faith, fo
that I could remove mountains, and have no
charity, I am nothing. And though I beftow
all my goods to feed the poor, and though I
give my body to be burned, and have not cha
rity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity fuffer-
eth long, and is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not itfelf, is not puffed up,
doth not behave itfelf unfeemly, feeketh not
her own, is not eafily provoked, thinketh no
evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth
in the truth ; beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endure th all things.
Charity never faileth : but whether there be
prophecies, they fliall fail; whether there be
tongues, they fliall ceafe; whether there be
knowledge, it lhall vanifh awray. For we
know in part, and we prophefy in part. But
when that which is perfect is come, then
that which is in part fliall be done away.
When I was a child, I fpake as a child, I
underftood as a child, I thought as a child;
but when I became a man, I put away child-
ifli things. For now we fee through a glafs
darkly ; but then face to face : now I know
in part ; but then fliall I know even as alfo I
am known. And now abideth faith, hope,

Quinquagejima Sunday.

charity, thefe three ; but the greateft of thefe
is charity.

The Go/pel. St. Luke xviii. 31.

THEN Jefus took unto him the twelve,
and faid unto them, Behold, we go up to
Jerufalem, and all things that are written by
the prophets concerning the Son of Man ftiall
be accomplifhed. For he fliall be delivered
unto the Gentiles, and ftiall be mocked, and
fpitefully entreated, and fpitted on : and they
fliall fcourge him, and put him to death ; and
the third day he fliall rife again. And they
underftood none of thefe things : and this
faying was hid from them, neither knew they
the things which were fpoken. And it came
to pafs, that as he was come nigh unto Je
richo, a certain blind man fat by the way-fide
begging : and hearing the multitude pafs by,
lie afked what it meant. And they told him,
that Jefus of Nazareth paffeth by. And he
cried, faying, Jefus, thou Son of David, have
mercy on me. And they which went before
rebuked him, that he fliould hold his peace :
but he cried fo much the more, Thou Son of
David, have mercy on me. And Jefus flood,
and commanded him to be brought unto him :
and wlien he was come near, he afked him,
faying, What wilt thou that I fliould do unto
thee ? And he faid, Lord, that I may receive
my fight. And Jefus faid unto him, Receive

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thy fight; thy faith hath faved thee. And im
mediately he received his fight, and followed
him, glorifying God : and all the people, when

they faw it, gave praife unto God.

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Wednefday.

The ColkSt.

A LMIGHTY and everlafting God, who
-f^. hateft nothing that thovi haft made, and
doft forgive the fins of all them that are pe
nitent; Create and make in us new and con
trite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our
fins, and acknowledging our wretchednefs,
may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy,
perfect remiffion and forgivenefs j through Je-
ius Chrift our Lord. Amen.

% This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after tfu Colled appointed for

the day*

For the Epiftle. Joel ii. 12.
ni^URN ye even to me, faith the Lord, with
A all your heart, and with fading, and with
weeping, and with mourning. And rend your
heart, and not your garments, and turn unto
the Lord your God: for he is gracious and
merciful, flow to anger, and of great kindnefs,
and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth
if he will return, and repent, and leave a bleff-
ing behind him, even a meat-offering and a
drink-offering unto the Lord your God? Blow

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the trumpet in Zion, fandtify a fail, call a fo-
lemii afiembly, gather the people, fan6tify the
congregation, affemble the elders, gather the
children, and thofe that fuck the breails ; let
the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and
the bride out of her clofet; let the priefts, the
miniflers of the Lord, weep between the porch
and the altar, and let them fay, Spare thy
people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage
to reproach, that the heathen fhould ride over
them: wherefore Ihould they fay among the
people, Where is their God ?

The Go/pel St. Matth. vi. 16.

WHEN ye fail, be not as the hypocrites,
of a fad countenance : for they disfi
gure their faces, that they may appear unta
men to faft. Verily I fay unto you, They have
their reward. But thou, when thou fafteft,
anoint thine head, and waih thy face, that
thou appear not unto men to fail, but unto
thy Father which is in fecret ; and thy Fa
ther, which feeth in fecret, fhall reward thee
openly. Lay not up for yourfelves treafures
upon earth, where moth and ruft doth cor
rupt, and where thieves break through and
Heal : but lay up for yourfelves treafures in
heaven, where neither moth nor ruft doth cor
rupt, and where thieves do not break through
nor ileal : for where your treafure is, there
wiU your heart be alfo.

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|io The ColleM.

OLord, who for our fake didft faft forty
days and forty nights ; Give us grace to
life fuch abftinence, that, our flefh being fub-
dued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy
godly motions in righteoufnefs, and true holi-
nefs, to thy honour and glory, who liveft and
reigneft with the Father and the Holy Ghoft,
one God, world without end. Amen.
TheEpiJlle. 2 Cor. vi. 1.

WE then, as workers together with him,
befeech you alfo, that ye receive not
the grace of God in vain ; (for he faith, I have
heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day
of falvation have I fuccoured thee : behold,
now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the
day of falvation ;) giving no offence in any
thing, that the miniftry be not blamed ; but
in all things approving ourfelves as the mi-
nifters of God, in much patience, in afflictions,
in neceffities, in diftreffes, in ftripes, in im-
prifonments, in tumults, in labours, in watch-
ings, in failings ; by purenefs, by knowledge,
by long-fuffering, by kindnefs, by the holy
Ghoft, by love unfeigned, by the word of
truth, by the power of God, by the armour
of righteoufnefs on the right hand and on the
left, by honour and diftionour, by evil report
and good report ; as deceivers, and yet true ;
as unknown, and yet well known ; as dying,

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behold, we live ; as chaftened, and not
killed ; as forrowful, yet alway rejoicing ; as
poor, yet making many rich ; as having no
thing, and yet poffeffing all things.

The Go/pel St. Matth. iv. 1.

THEN was Jefus led up of the Spirit into
the wildernefs, to be tempted of the devil.
And when he had fafted forty days and forty
nights, he was afterward an-hungred. And
when the tempter came to him, he faid, If
thou be the Son of God, command that thefe
ftones be made bread. But he anfwered and
faid, It is written, Man Ihall not live by bread
alone, but by eveiy word that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh
him up into the holy city, and fetteth him on
a pinnacle of the temple, and faith unto him,
If thou be the Son of God, caft thyfelf down ;
for it is written, He (hall give his angels
charge concerning thee, and in their hands
they fhall bear thee up, left at any time thou
dafh thy foot againft a ftone. Jefus faid unto
him, It is written again, Thou {halt not tempt
the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh
him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
flieweth him all the kingdoms of the world,
and the glory of them; and faith unto him.
All thefe things will I give thee, if thou wilt
fall down and worihip me. Then faith Jefu$
unto him, Get thee heuce, Satan j for it is

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written, Thou (halt worihip the Lord thy God,
and him only fhalt thou ferve. Then the
devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came
and miniftered unto him.

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The Collett.

A LMIGHTY God, who feeft that we have
•^jL no power of ourfelves to help ourfelves ;
Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and
inwardly in our fouls ; that we may be de
fended from all adverfities which may happen
to the body, and from all evil thoughts which
may aflault and hurt the foul ; through Jefus
Chrift our Lord. Amen.

TheEpiJlle. ITheff. iv. 1.

WE befeech you, brethren, and exhort
you by the Lord Jefus, that as ye have
received of us how ye ought to walk, and to
pleafe God, fo ye would abound more and
more. For ye know what commandments
we gave you by the Lord Jefus. For this is
the will of God, even your fan6tification, that
ye ihould abftain from fornication ; that every
one of you Ihould know how to poflefs his
veflel in falsification and honour ; not in the
luft of concupifcence, even as the Gentiles
which know not God; that no man go beyond
and defraud his brother in any matter ; be-
caufe that the Lord is the avenger of all fuch,

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as we alfo have forewarned you, and teftified.
For God hath not called us unto uncleannefs,
but unto holinefs. He therefore that de-
fpifeth defpifeth not man, but God, who hath
alfo given unto us his holy Spirit.

The Go/pel St. Matth. xv. 2 1 .

JESUS went thence, and departed into the
coafts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a
woman of Canaan came out of the fame coafts,
and cried unto him, faying, Have mercy on
me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter
is grievoufly vexed with a devil. But he an
fwered her not a word. And his difciples
came and befought him, faying, Send her
away; for fhe crieth after us. But he an
fwered and faid, I am not fent, but unto the
loft flieep of the houfe of Ifrael. Then came
fhe and worfhipped him, faying, Lord, help
me. But he anfwered and faid, It is not
meet to take the children's bread, and to caft
it to dogs. And fhe faid, Truth, Lord; yet the
dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their
matter's table. Then Jefus anfwered and faid
unto her, O woman, great is thy faith : be it
unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daugh
ter was made whole from that veiy hour.

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The Collect.

7"E befeech thee, Almighty God, look
upon the hearty defires of thy humble

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fervants, and ftretch forth the right hand of
thy Majefty, to be our defence againft all
our enemies ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

TlieEpiJlle. Ephef. v. 1.

BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear
children ; and walk in love, as Chrift alfo
hath loved us, and hath given himfelf for us,
an offering and a facrifice to God for a fweet-
fmelling favour. But fornication, and all un-
cleannefs, or covetoufnefs, let it not be once
named amongft you, as becometh faints ; nei
ther filthinefs, nor foolifh-talking, nor jefting,
which are not convenient ; but rather giving
of thanks : for this ye know, that no whore
monger, nor unclean perfon, nor covetous
man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance
in the kingdom of Chrift, and of God. Let
no man deceive you with vain words : for be-
caufe of thefe things cometh the wrath of God
upon the children of clifobedience. Be not
ye therefore partakers with them : for ye were
fometimes darknefs, but now are ye light in
the Lord : walk as children of light ; (for the
fruit of the Spirit is in all goodnefs, and
righteoufnefs, and truth ;) proving what is
acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fel-
lowfhip with the unfruitful works of darknefs,
but rather reprove them: for it is a fhame
even to fpeak of thofe things which are done

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of them in fecret. But all things that are
reproved are made manifeft by the light:
for whatfoever doth make manifeft is light.
Wherefore he faith, Awake, thou that fleepeft,
and arife from the dead, and Chrift fhall give
thee light.

The Gofpel. St. Luke xi. 14.

JESUS was cafting out a devil, and it was
dumb. And it came to pafs, when the
devil was gone out, the dumb fpake; and
the people wondered. But fome of them faid,
He cafteth out devils through Beelzebub,
the chief of the devils. And others, tempt
ing him, fought of him a fign from heaven.
But he, knowing their thoughts, faid unto
them, Every kingdom divided againft itfelf is
brought to defolation; and a houfe divided
againft a houfe falleth. If Satan alfo be di
vided againft himfelf, how ihall his kingdom
ftand? becaufe ye fay, that I caft out devils
through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub
caft out devils, by whom do your fons caft
them out? therefore Ihall they be your judges.
But if I with the finger of God caft out devils,
no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon
you. When a ftrong man armed keepeth his
palace, his goods are in peace ; but when a
ftronger than he fhall come upon him, and
overcome him, he taketh from him all his
armour wherein he trailed, and divideth his

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fpoils. He that is not with me is againft me:
and he that gathereth not with me fcattereth.
When the unclean fpirit is gone out of a man,
he walketh through diy places, feeking reft ;
and finding none, he faith, I will return unto
my houfe whence I came out. And when he
cometh, he findeth it fwept and gamiflied.
Then goeth he and taketh to him feven other
fpirits more wicked than himfelf, and they
enter in, and dwell there ; and the laft ftate of
that man is worfe than the firft. And it came
to pafs, as he fpake thefe things, a certain
woman of the company lift up her voice, and
faid unto him, Bleiled is the womb that bare
thee, and the paps which thou haft fucked.
But he faid, Yea rather, blefled are they that
hear the Word of God, and keep it.

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TJie ColleSt.

GRANT, we befeech thee, Almighty God,
that we, who for our evil deeds do wor
thily deferve to be puniftied, by the comfort
of thy grace may mercifully be relieved;
through our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift.
Amen.

TheEpiJlle. Gal. iv.21.

TELL me, ye that defire to be under the
law, do ye not hear the law? For it is
written, that Abraham had two fons, the one

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by a bond-maid,, the other by a free-woman.
But he who was of the bond-woman was bom
after the flefh ; but he of the free- woman was
by promife. Which things are an allegory :
for thefe are the two covenants ; the one from
the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage,
which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai
in Arabia, and anfwereth to Jerufalem which
now is, and is in bondage with her children.
But Jerufalem which is above is free ; which
is the mother of us all. For it is written,
Rejoice, thou barren that beareft not ; break
forth and cry, thou that travaileft not : for the
defolate hath many more children than fhe
which hath an hufband. Now we, brethren,
as Ifaac was, are the children of promife.
But as then he that was born after the flefh
perfecuted him that was born after the Spirit ;
even fo it is now. Neverthelefs, what faith
the Scripture ? Caft out the bond- woman and
her ion ; for the fon of the bond- woman
ftiall not be heir with the fon of the free-
woman. So then, brethren, we are not chil
dren of the bond- woman, but of the free.
The Go/pel. St. John vi. 1 .

JESUS went over the fea of Galilee, which
is the fea of Tiberias. And a great mul
titude followed him, becaufe they faw his
miracles which he did on them that were
difeafed. And Jefus went up into a moun-

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tain, and there he fat with his difciples. And
the PafTover, a feaft of the Jews, was nigh.
When Jefus then lift up his eyes, and faw a
great company come nnto him, he faith unto
Philip, Whence (hall we buy bread, that thefe
may eat ? (And this he faid to prove him ;
for he himfelf knew what he would do.) Philip
anfwered him, Two hundred peny-worth of
bread is not fufficient for them, that every
one of them may take a little. One of his
difciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, faith
unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five
barley-loaves, and two fmall fiflies : but what
are they among fo many ? And Jefus faid,
Make the men fit down. Now there was
much grafs in the place. So the men fat
down, in number about five thoufand. And
Jefus took the loaves, and when he had given
thanks he diftributed to the difciples, and the
difciples to them that were fet down; and
likewife of the fiflies as much as they would.
When they were filled, he faid unto his dif
ciples, Gather up the fragments that remain,
that nothing be loft. Therefore they gathered
them together, and filled twelve bafkets with
the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which
remained over and above unto them that had
eaten. Then thofe men, when they had feen
the miracle that Jefus did, faid, This is of a truth
that Prophet that fliould come into the world.

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The Collect.

WE befeech thee, Almighty God, merci
fully to look upon thy people ; that by
thy great gooduefs they may be governed and
preferred evermore, both in body and foul ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
The Epi/lle. Hebr.ix. 11.

CHRIST being come an High Prieft of
good things to come, by a greater and
more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands;
that is to fay, not of this building ; neither by
the blood of goats and calves ; but by his
own blood he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for
us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats,
and the afhes of an heifer fprinkling the un
clean, fancftifieth to the purifying of the flelh ;
how much more fliall the blood of Chrift, who,
through the eternal Spirit, offered himfelf
without fpot to God, purge your confcience
from dead works to ferve the living God ?
And for this caufe he is the Mediator of the
new teftament, that by means of death, for
the redemption of the tranfgreflions that were
under the firft teftament, they which are called
might receive the promife of eternal inherit
ance.

The Go/peL St. John viii. 46.

JESUS faid, Which of you convinceth me
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not believe me ? He that is of God heareth
God's words ; ye therefore hear them not,
becaufe ye are not of God. Then anfwered
the Jews, and faid unto him, Say we not well,
that thou art a Samaritan, and haft a devil?
Jefus anfwered, I have not a devil ; bvit I ho
nour my Father, and ye do difhonour me.
And I feek not mine own glory ; there is one
that feeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I
fay unto you, If a man keep my faying, he
ftiall never fee death. Then faid the Jews
unto him, Now we know that thou haft a
devil : Abraham is dead, and the prophets ;
and thou fayeft, If a man keep my faying, he
fhall never tafte of death. Art thou greater
than our father Abraham, which is dead ? and
the prophets are dead : whom makeft thou
thyfelf? Jefus anfwered, If I honour myfelf,
my honour is nothing; it is my Father that
honoureth me, of whom ye fay, that he is your
God : yet ye have not known him ; but I
know him : and if I fliould fay, I know him
not, I fliall be a liar like unto you ; but I know
him, and keep his faying. Your father Abra
ham rejoiced to fee my day, and he faw it,
and was glad. Then faid the Jews unto him,
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and haft thou
feen Abraham ? Jefus faid unto them, Verily,
verily, I fay unto you, Before Abraham was, I
am. Then took they up ft ones to caft at him:

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but Jefus hid himfelf, and went out of the
temple.

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The Collect.

A LMIGHTY and everlafting God, who,
-^nL of thy tender love towards mankind,
haft fent thy Son, our Saviour Jefus Chrift, to
take upon him our flefh, and to fuffer death
upon the crofs, that all mankind fhould follow
the example of his great humility; Mercifully
grant, that we may both follow the example
of his patience, and alfo be made partakers of
his refurre6lion ; through the fame Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

The Epiflle. Phil. ii. 5.

LET this mind be in you, which was alfo
in Chrift Jefus : who, being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God ; but made himfelf of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of a fervant, and
was made in the likenefs of men : and being
found in falhion as a man, he humbled him
felf, and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the crofs. Wherefore God alfo
hath highly exalted him, and given him a
Name which is above every name; that at
the Name of Jefus every knee fliould bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and
things under the earth ; and that every tongue

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ftiould confefs that Jefus Chrifl is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.

TJie Go/pel St. Matth. xxvii. 1.

WHEN the morning was come, all the
chief priefts and elders of the people
took counfel againft Jefus, to put him to death.
And when they had bound him, they led him
away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the
governour. Then Judas who had betrayed
him, when he faw that he was condemned,
repented himfelf, and brought again the thirty
pieces of filver to the chief priefts and elders,
faying, I have finned, in that I have betrayed
the innocent blood. And they faid, What is
that to us? fee thou to that. And he caft
down the pieces of filver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himfelf. And
the chief priefts took the filver pieces, and
faid, It is not lawful for to put them into the
treafuiy, becaufe it is the price of blood. And
they took counfel, and bought with them the
potter's field, to buiy ftrangers in. Wherefore
that field was called, The field of blood, un
to this day. (Then was fulfilled that which
was fpoken by Jeremy the prophet, faying,
And they took the thirty pieces of filver, the
price of him that was valued, whom they of
the children of Ifrael did value, and gave them
for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed
me.) And Jefus ftood before the governour;

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and the governour afked him, faying, Artj
thou the King of the Jews ? And Jefus faidj
unto him, Thou fay eft. And when he was
accufed of the chief priefts and elders, he an- i
fwered nothing. Then faith Pilate unto him, j
Heareft thou not how many things they wit-|
nefs againft thee? And he anfwered him tojj
never a word, infbmuch that the governour
marvelled greatly. Now at that feaft the go-
vernour was wont to releafe unto the people
a prifoner, whom they would. And they hadj
then a notable prifoner, called Barabbas.
Therefore when they were gathered together,
Pilate faid unto them, Whom will ye that I !
releafe unto you ? Barabbas, or Jefus which
is called Chrift ? For he knew that for envy
they had delivered him. When he was fet
down on the judgement-feat, his wife fent
unto him, faying, Have thou nothing to do
with that juft man : for I have fuffered many
things this day in a dream becaufe of him
But the chief priefts and elders perfuaded the
multitude that they ftiould afk Barabbas, and
deftroy Jefus. The governour anfwered and
faid unto them, Whether of the twain will ye
that I releafe unto you? They faid, Barabbas.
Pilate faith unto them, What fhall I do then
with Jefus, which is called Chrift ? They all
fay unto him, Let him be crucified. And the
governour faid, Why, what evil hath he done?

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But they cried out the more, faying, Let him
be crucified. When Pilate law that he could
prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was
made, he took water, and waflied his hands
before the multitude, faying, I am innocent of
the blood of this juft perfon : fee ye to it.
Then anfwered all the people, and faid, His
blood be on us, and on our children. Then
releafed he Barabbas unto them: and when
he had fcourged Jefus he delivered him to be
crucified. Then the foldiers of the governour
took Jefus into the common hall, and gather
ed unto him the whole band of foldiers. And
they (tripped him, and put on him a fcarlet
robe. And when they had platted a crown
of thorns they put it upon his head, and a
reed in his right hand : and they bowed the
knee before him, and mocked him, faying,
Hail, King of the Jews. And they fpit upon
him, and took the reed, and fmote him on
the head. And after that they had mocked
him they took the robe off from him, and
put his own raiment on him, and led him
away to crucify him. And as they came out
they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name;
him they compelled to bear his crofs. And
when they were come unto a place called Gol
gotha, that is to fay, a place of a fcull, they
gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall :
and when he had tailed thereof, he would not

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drink. And they crucified him, and parted '
his garments, calling lots: that it might be|
fulfilled, which was fpoken by the prophet,
They parted my garments among them, and
upon my vefture did they caft lots. And fit-1
ting down they watched him there; and fet
up over his head his accufation written, THIS
IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Then were there two thieves crucified with
him ; one on the right hand, and another on !
the left. And they that pafled by reviled him,
wagging their heads, and faying, Thou that
deftroyeft the temple, and buildeft it in three
days, fave thyfelf : if thou be the Son of God,
come down from the crofs. Likewife alfo the
chief priefts mocking him, with the fcribes and
elders, faid, He faved others, himfelf he can
not fave : if he be the King of Ifrael, let him
now come down from the crofs, and we will
believe him. He trufted in God; let him
deliver him now, if he will have him : for he
faid, I am the Son of God. The thieves alfo,
which were crucified with him, caft the fame
in his teeth. Now from the fixth hour there
was darknefs over all the land unto the ninth
hour. And about the ninth hour Jefus cried
with a loud voice, faying, Eli, Eli, lama fa-
bachthani ? that is to fay, My God, my God,
why haft thou forfaken me ? Some of them
that flood there, when they heard that, faid,

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This man calleth for Elias. And ftraightway
one of them ran, and took a fpunge, and filled
it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave
him to drink. The reft faid, Let be, let us fee
whether Elias will come to fave him. Jefus,
when he had cried again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghoft. And behold, the vail of
the temple was rent in twain from the top to
the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the
rocks rent, and the graves were opened, and
many bodies of faints which flept arofe, and
came out of the graves after his refurre&ion,
^nd went into the holy city, and appeared unto
many. Now when the centurion, and they
that were with him, watching Jefus, faw the
earthquake, and thofe things that were done,
they feared greatly, faying, Truly this was the
Son of God.

Monday before Eafter.

For the Epi/llc. Ifai. Ixiii. 1.

WHO is this that cometh from Edom,
with dyed garments fromBozrah? this
that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in
the greatnefs of his ftrength? I that fpeak in
righteoufnefs, mighty to fave. Wherefore art
thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments
like him that treadeth in the wine-fat? I have
trodden the wine-prefs alone, and of the peo
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them in mine anger, and trample them in my
fury, and their blood fliall be fprinkled upon
my garments, and I will ftain all my raiment.
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart,
and the year of my redeemed is come. And
I looked, and there was none to help ; and I
wondered that there was none to uphold:
therefore mine own arm brought falvation
unto me, and my fury it upheld me. And I
will tread down the people in mine anger,
and make them drunk in my fury, and I will
bring down their ftrength to the earth. I will
mention the loving-kindneffes of the Lord,
and the praifes of the Lord, according to all
that the Lord hath beftowed on us, and the
great goodnefs towards the houfe of Ifrael,
which he hath beftowed on them, according
to his mercies, and according to the multi
tude of his loving-kindneffes. For he faid,
Surely they are my people, children that will
not lie : fo he was their Saviour. In all their
affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of
his prefence faved them : in his love, and in
his pity, he redeemed them, and he bare
them, and carried them all the days of old.
But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit;
therefore he was turned to be their enemy,
and he fought againft them. Then he remem
bered the days of old, Mofes and his people,
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of the fea with the Ihepherd of his flock? where
is he that put his Holy Spirit within him?
that led them by the right hand of Mofes, with
his glorious arm, dividing the water before
them, to make himfelf an everlafting Name?
that led them through the deep as an horfe in
the wildernefc, that they fhould not ftumble ?
As a beaft goeth down into the valley, the Spi
rit of the Lord caufed him to reft: fo didft
thou lead thy people, to make thyfelf a glorious
Name. Look down from heaven, and behold
from the habitation of thy holinefs, and of thy
glory : where is thy zeal, and thy ftrength, the
founding of thy bowels, and of thy mercies
towards me? Are they reftrained? Doubt-
lefs thou art our Father, though Abraham be
ignorant of us, and Ifrael acknowledge us
not : Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Re
deemer, thy Name is from everlafting. O
Lord, why haft thou made us to err from thy
ways? and hardened our hearts from thy
fear? Return for thy fervants' fake, the tribes
of thine inheritance. The people of thy holi
nefs have poflefled it but a little while : our
adverfaries have trodden down thy fan6luary.
We are thine: thou never bareft rule over
them; they were not called by thy name.
The Go/pel St. Mark xiv. 1.

AFTER two days was the feaft of the Paff-
over, and of unleavened bread : and the

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chief priefts and the fcribes fought how they
might take him by craft, and put him to death.
But they faid, Not on the feaft-day, left there
be an uproar of the people. And being in
Bethany, in the houfe of Simon the leper, as
he fat at meat, there came a woman having
an alabafter box of ointment of fpikenard,
very precious; and (he brake the box, and
poured it on his head. And there were fome
that had indignation within themfelves, and
faid, Why was this wafte of the ointment
made ? for it might have been fold for more
than three hundred pence, and have been
given to the poor : and they murmured againft
her. And Jefus faid, Let her alone; why trou
ble ye her? flie hath wrought a good work
on me : for ye have the poor with ydu always,
and whenfoever ye will ye may do them good;
but me ye have not always. She hath done
what flie could; flie is come aforehand to
anoint my body to the burying. Verily I fay
unto you, Wherefoever this Gofpel fliall be
preached throughout the whole world, this
alfo that (he hath done fliall be Ipoken of for
a memorial of her. And Judas Ifcariot, one
of the twelve, went unto the chief priefts to
betray him unto them. And when they heard
it they were glad, and promifed to give him
money. And he fought how he might con
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unleavened bread, when they killed the paff
over, his difciples faid unto him, Where wilt
thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayeft
eat the paffover? And he fendeth forth two
of his difciples, and faith unto them, Go ye
into the city, and there ftiall meet you a man
bearing a pitcher of water ; follow him : And
wherefoever he fhall go in, fay ye to the good-
man of the houfe, The Mailer faith, Where
is the gueft-chamber, where I fhall eat the
paffover with my difciples ? And he will fhew
you a large upper-room furniftied, and pre
pared: there make ready for us. And his
difciples went forth, and came into the city,
and found as he had faid unto them : and they
made ready the paffover. And in the even
ing he cometh with the twelve. And as they
fat, and did eat, Jefus faid, Verily I fay unto
you, One of you which eateth with me fhall
betray me. And they began to be forrowful,
and to fay unto him one by one, Is it I? and
another faid, Is it I ? And he anfwered and
faid unto them, It is one of the twelve that
dippeth with me in the dilh. The Son of Man
indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but wo
to that man by whom the Son of Man is be
trayed: good were it for that man if he had
never been bom. And as they did eat, Jefus
took bread, and bleffed, and brake it, and
gave to them, and faid, Take, eat : this i$ my

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body. And he took the cup, and when he
had given thanks he gave it to them : and
they all drank of it. And he faid unto them,
This is my blood of the new teftament, which
is ihed for many. Verily I fay unto you, I will
drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until
that day that I drink it new in the Kingdom
of God. And when they had fung an hymn
they went out into the mount of Olives. And
Jefus faith unto them, All ye fhall be offended
becaufe of me this night : for it is written, I
will finite the fhepherd, and the ftieep (hall
be fcattered. But, after that I am rifen, I
will go before you into Galilee. But Peter
faid unto him, Although alMhall be oflfend-
ed, yet will not I. And Jefus faith unto him,
Verily I fay unto thee, That this day, even in
this night, before the cock crow twice, thou
(halt deny me thrice. But he fpake the more
vehemently, If I (hould die with thee, I will
not deny thee in any wife. Likewife alfo faid
they all. And they came to a place which was
named Gethfemane : and he faith to his dif-
ciples, Sit ye here, while I lhall pray. And
he taketh with him Peter, and James, and
John, and began to be fore amazed, and to
be very heavy, and faith unto them, My foul
is exceeding forrowful unto death ; tarry ye
here, and watch. And he went forward a
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if it were poffible, the hour might pafs from
him. And he faid, Abba, Father, all things
are poffible unto thee; take away this cup
from me; neverthelefs, not what I will, but
what thou wilt. And he cometh and findeth
them fleeping, and faith unto Peter, Simon,
fleepeft thou? couldeft not thou watch one
hour ? Watch ye and pray, left ye enter into
temptation : the fpirit truly is ready, but the
flefh is weak. And again he went away, and
prayed, and fpake the fame words. And when
he returned he found them afleep again, (for
their eyes were heavy,) neither wift they what
to anfwer him. And he cometh the third
time, and faith unto them, Sleep on now, and
take your reft : it is enough, the hour is come;
behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the
hands of finners. Rife up, let us go; lo, he
that betrayeth me is at hand. And imme
diately, while he yet fpake, cometh Judas, one
of the twelve, and with him a great multitude
with fwords and ftaves, from the chief priefts,
and the fcribes, and the elders. And he that
betrayed him had given them a token, fay
ing, Whomfoever I ftiall kifs, that fame is
he; take him, and lead him away fafely. And
as foon as he was come he goeth ftraightway
to him, and faith, Mailer, mafter; and kifled
him. And they laid their hands on him, and
took him. And one of them that flood by

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drew a fword, and fmote a fervant of the high
prieft, and cut off his ear. And Jefus an-
fwered, and faid unto them, Are ye come out
as againft a thief, with fwords and with Haves,
to take me ? I was daily with you in the tem
ple teaching, and ye took me not : but the
Scriptures muft be fulfilled. And they all
forfook him, and fled. And there followed
him a certain young man, having a linen
cloth caft about his naked body ; and the
young men laid hold on him : and he left
the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
And they led Jefus away to the high prieft :
and with him were affembled all the chief
priefts, and the elders, and the fcribes. And
reter followed him afkr off, even into the
palace of the high prieft ; and he fat with the
fervants, and warmed himfelf at the fire. And
the chief priefts and all the council fought for
witnefs againft Jefus to put him to death ;
and found none. For many bare falfe wit
nefs againft him, but their witnefs agreed
not together. And there arofe certain, and
bare falfe witnefs againft him, faying, We
heard him fay, I will deftroy this temple that
is made with hands, and within three days I
will build another made without hands. But
neither fo did their witnefs agree together.
And the high prieft ftood up in the midft,
and afked Jefus, faying, Anfwereft thou no-

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tl thing ? what is it which thefe witnefs againft
I- tliee ? But he held his peace, and anfwered
t nothing. Again the high prieft afked him,
, and faid unto him, Art thou the Chrift, the
. Son of the Bleffed ? And Jefus faid, I am ;
> and ye (hall fee the Son of Man fitting on
the right hand of power, and coming in the
clouds of heaven. Then the high prieft rent
his clothes, and faith, What need we any fur
ther witneffes? ye have heard the blafphemy:
what think ye ? And they all condemned him
to be guilty of death. And fome began to
fpit on him, and to cover his face, and to
buffet him, and to fay unto him, Prophefy :
and the fervants did ftrike him with the palms
of their hands. And as Peter was beneath in
the palace there cometh one of the maids of
the high prieft ; and when Ihe faw Peter warm
ing himfelf flie looked upon him, and faid,
And thou alfo waft with Jefus of Nazareth.
But he denied, faying, I know not, neither
underftand I what thou fayeft. And he went
out into the porch ; and the cock crew. And
a maid faw him again, and began to fay to
them that ftood by, This is one of them. And
he denied it again. And a little after, they
that ftood by faid again to Peter, Surely thou
art one of them ; for thou art a Galilean, and
thy fpeech agreeth thereto. But he began to
curfe and to fwear, faying, I know not this

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man of whom ye fpeak. And the fecond time
the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the
word that Jefus faid unto him, Before the
cock crow twice, thou flialt deny me thrice.
And when he thought thereon, he wept.

Tuefday before Eajler.

For the Epiftle. Ifaiah 1. 5.

1HE Lord God hath opened mine ear, and
I was not rebellious, neither turned away
back. I gave my back to the fmiters, and my
cheeks to them that plucked off the hair t I
hid not my face from fhame and fpitting. For
the Lord God will help me, therefore Ihall I
not be confounded : therefore have I fet my
face like a flint, and I know that I fhall not
be afhamed. He is near that juftifieth me ;
who will contend with me ? Let us ftand to
gether; who is mine adverfaiy? let him come
near to me. Behold, the Lord God will help
me; who is he that fhall condemn me? Lo,
they all fliall wax old as a garment : the moth
Chafl eat them up. Who is among you that
feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of
his fervant, that walketh in darknefs, and hath
no light ? let him truft in the Name of the
Lord, and ftay upon his God. Behold, all ye
that kindle a fire, that compafs yourfelves
about with fparks ; walk in the light of your
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is (hall ye have of mine hand, ye fhall lie
down in forrow.

The Go/pel St. Mark xv. 1.
AND ftraightway in the morning the chief
-£*. priefts held a confultation with the elders,
and fcribes, and the whole council, and bound
Jefus, and carried him away, and delivered
him to Pilate. And Pilate afked him, Art
thou the King of the Jews? And he anfwer-
ing faid unto him, Thou fayeft it. And the
chief priefts accufed him of many things : but
he anfwered nothing. And Pilate afked him
! again, faying, Anfwereft thou nothing? be
hold how many things they witnefs againft
thee. But Jefus yet anfwered nothing : fo
that Pilate marvelled. Now at that feaft he
releafed unto them one prifoner, whomfoever
they defired. And there was one named Ba-
rabbas, which lay bound with them that had
made infurredUon with him, who had com
mitted murder in the infurre&ion. And the
multitude, ciying aloud, began to defire him
to do as he had ever done unto them. But
Pilate anfwered them, faying, Will ye that I
releafe unto you the King of the Jews ? For
he knew that the chief priefts had delivered
him for envy. But the chief priefts moved
the people, that he ftiould rather releafe Ba-
rabbas unto them. And Pilate anfwered, and
faid again unto them, What will ye then that

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I fliall do unto him whom ye call the King of
the Jews ? And they cried out again, Cru- j
cify him. Then Pilate faid unto them, Why,
what evil hath he done ? And they cried out
the more exceedingly, Crucify him. And fo
Pilate, willing to content the people, releafed
Barabbasunto them, and delivered Jefus, when
he had fcourged him, to be crucified. And
the foldiers led him away into the hall, called
Prsetorium ; and they call together the whole
band. And they clothed him with purple,
and platted a crown of thorns, and put it
about his head: and began to falute him,
Hail, King of the Jews. And they fmote
him on the head with a reed, and did fpit
upon him, and bowing their knees worfhipped
him. And when they had mocked him they
took off the purple from him, and put his
own clothes on him, and led him out to cru
cify him. And they compel one Simon a Cy-
renian, who paffed by, coming out of the
country, the father of Alexander and Rufus,
to bear his crofs. And they bring him unto
the place Golgotha, which is, being interpret
ed, The place of a fcull. And they gave him to
drink wine mingled with myrrh ; but he receiv
ed it not. And when they had crucified him
they parted his garments, cafting lots upon
them, what every man ihould take. And it
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And the fuperfcription of his accufation was
written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
And with him they crucify two thieves, the
one on his right hand, and the other on his
left. And the fcriptnre was fulfilled, which
faith, And he was numbered with the tranf-
greffors. And they that paffed by railed on
him, wagging their heads, and faying, Ah,
thou that deftroyeft the temple, and buildeft
it in three days, fave thyfelf, and come down
from the crofs. Likewife alfo the chief priefts
mocking faid among themfelves, with the
fcribes, He faved others ; himfelf he cannot
fave. Let Chrift the King of Ifrael defcend now
from the crofs, that we may fee and believe.
And they that were crucified with him reviled
him. And when the fixth hour was come,
there was darknefs over the whole land until
the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jefus
cried with a loud voice, faying, Eloi, Elot,
lama fcibachthani ? which is, being interpret
ed, My God, my God, why haft thou forfaken
me? And fome of them that flood by, when
they heard it, faid, Behold, he calleth Elias.
And one ran and filled a fpunge full of vine
gar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to
drink, faying, Let alone; let us fee whether
Elias will come to take him down. And
Jefus cried with a loud voice, and gave up
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rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And I
when the centurion, which flood over againft |
him, faw that he fo cried out, and gave up the j
ghoft, he faid, Truly this man was the Son of \
God.

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The Epiftle. Hebrews ix. 16.

WHERE a teftament is, there muft alfo
of neceffity be the death of the tefta-
tor : for a teftament is of force after men are
dead; otherwife it is of no ftrength at all
whilft the teftator liveth. Whereupon, nei
ther the firft teftament was dedicated without
blood : for when Mofes had fpoken every pre
cept to all the people, according to the law,
he took the blood of calves and of goats,
with water, and fcaiiet wool, and hyffop, and
fprinkled both the book, and all the people,
faying, This is the blood of the teftament,
which God hath enjoined unto you. More
over, he fprinkled with blood both the taber
nacle, and all the veflels of the miniftry. And
almoft all things are by the law purged with
blood; and without fliedding of blood is no
remiffion. It was therefore neceflary that the
patterns of things in the heavens ftiould be
purified with thefe ; but the heavenly things
themfelves with better facrifices than thefe.
For Chrift is not entered into the holy places

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made with hands, which are the figures of
the true, but into heaven itfelf, now to appear
in the prefence of God for us ; nor yet that
he (hould offer himfelf often, as the high prieft
entereth into the holy place every year with
blood of others : for then muft he often have
fuffered fince the foundation of the world; but
now once in the end of the world hath he ap
peared to put away fin by the facrifice of him
felf. And as it is appointed unto men once
to die, but after this the judgement : fo Chrift
was once offered to bear the fins of many ;
and unto them that look for him fhall he ap
pear the fecond time without fin unto fal-
yation.

The GofpeL St. Luke xxii. 1 .
" VjTOW the feaft of unleavened bread drew
-L^l nigh, which is called the Paflbver. And
the chief priefts and fcribes fought how they
might kill him ; for they feared the people.
Then entered Satan into Judas furnamed
Ifcariot, being of the number of the twelve.
And he went his way, and communed with
the chief priefts and captains, how he might
betray him unto them. And they were glad,
and covenanted to give him money. And he
promifed, and fought opportunity to betray
him unto them in the abfence of the multi
tude. Then came the day of unleavened
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he fent Peter and John, faying, Go and pre
pare us the paflbver, that we may eat. And
they faid unto him, Where wilt thou that we
prepare? And he faid unto them, Behold,
when ye are entered into the city, there fliall
a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water ;
follow him into the houfe where he entereth
in. And ye fliall fay unto the good-man of!
the houfe, The Mailer faith unto thee, Where
is the gueft-chamber, where I fliall eat the
paflbver with my difciples? And he fliall
fliew you a large upper-room furniftied ; there i
make ready. And they went, and found as
he had faid unto them : and they made ready I
the paflbver. And when the hour was come
he fat down, and the twelve Apoftles with him.
And he faid unto them, With defire I have
defired to eat this paflbver with yOu before I
fuffer : for I fay unto you, I will not any more
eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the King
dom of God. And he took the cup, and gave
thanks, and faid, Take this, and divide it
among yourfelves. For I fay unto you, I will
not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the
Kingdom of God fliall come. And he took
bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave
unto them, faying, This is my body, which is
given for you: this do in remembrance of
me. Likewife alfo the cup after fupper, faying,
This cup is the new teftament in my blood,

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which is flied for you. But behold, the hand
of him that betrayeth me is with me on the
table. And truly the Son of Man goeth as
it was determined ; but wo unto that man by
whom he is betrayed. And they began to
enquire among themfelves, which of them it
was that fhould do this thing. And there was
alfo a ftrife among them, which of them fhould
be accounted the greateft. And he faid unto
them, The kings of the Gentiles exercife lord-
fliip over them, and they that exercife autho
rity upon them are called benefa6lors. But
ye fhall not be fo: but he that is greateft
among you, let him be as the younger ; and
he that is chief, as he that doth ferve. For
whether is greater, he that fitted* at meat,
or he that ferveth ? is not he that fitteth at
meat ? but I am among you as he that ferv
eth. Ye are they which have continued with
me in my temptations. And I appoint unto
you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed
unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at my
table in my kingdom, and fit on thrones, judg
ing the twelve tribes of Ifrael. And the Lord
faid, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath defired
to have you, that he may fift you as wheat :
but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail
not ; and when thou art converted, ftrengthen
thy brethren. And he faid unto him, Lord, I
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to death. And he faid, I tell thee, Peter, the
cock fliall not crow this day, before that thou
fhalt thrice deny that thou knoweft me. And
he faid unto them, When I fent you with
out purfe, and fcrip, and fhoes, lacked ye any
thing ? And they faid, Nothing. Then faid he
unto them, But now, he that hath a purfe, let
him take it, and likewife his fcrip : and he
that hath no fword, let him fell his garment,
and buy one. For I fay unto you, That this
that is written muft yet be accomplifhed in
me, And he was reckoned among the tranf-
greffors : for the things concerning me have
an end. And they faid, Lord, behold, here
are two fwords. And he faid unto them, It
is enough. And he came out, and went, as
he was wont, to the mount of Olives, and his
difciples alfo followed him. And when he was
at the place, he faid unto them, Pray, that
ye enter not into temptation. And he was
withdrawn from them about a Hone's caft,
and kneeled down and prayed, faying, Father,
if thou be willing, remove this cup from me :
neverthelefs, not my will, but thine be done.
And there appeared an angel unto him from
heaven, ftrengthening him. And being in
an agony, he prayed more earneftly ; and his
fweat was as it were great drops of blood
falling down to the ground. And when he
rofe up from prayer, a&d was come to his

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difciples, he found them fleeping for forrow,
and faid unto them, Why fleep ye ? rife and
pray, left ye enter into temptation. And while
he yet fpake, behold, a multitude, and he that
was called Judas, one of the twelve, went be
fore them, and drew near unto Jefus to kifs
him. But Jefus faid unto him, Judas, be-
trayeft thou the Son of Man with a kifs ?
When they who were about him faw what
would follow, they faid unto him, Lord, (hall
we finite with the fword ? And one of them
fmote the fervant of the high prieft, and cut
off his right ear. And Jefus anfwered and faid,
Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear,
and healed him. Then Jefus faid unto the
chief priefts, and captains of the temple, and
the elders who were come to him, Be ye come
out as againft a thief, with fwords and ftaves?
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye
ftretched forth no hands againft me : but this
is your hour, and the power of darknefs. Then
took they him, and led him, and brought him
into the high prieft's houfe : and Peter fol
lowed afar off. And when they had kindled
a fire in the midft of the hall, and were fet
down together, Peter fat down among them.
But a certain maid beheld him, as he fat by
the fire, and earneftly looked upon him, and
faid, This man was alfo with him. And he
denied him, faying, Woman, I know him not.

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And after a little while another faw him, and
faid, Thou art alfo of them. And Peter faid,
Man, I am not. And about the fpace of one
hour after, another confidently affirmed, fay
ing, Of a truth this fellow alfo was with him ;
for he is a Galilean. And Peter faid, Man, I
know not what thou fayeft. And immediately,
while he yet fpake, the cock crew. And the
Lord turned, and looked upon Peter; and
Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how
he had faid unto him, Before the cock crow,
thou flialt deny me thrice. And Peter went
out, and wept bitterly. And the men that
held Jefus mocked him, and fmote him. And
when they had blindfolded him, they ftruck
him on the face, and afked him, faying,
Prophefy, who is it that fmote thee ? And
many other things blafphemoufly fpake they
againft him. And as foon as it was day, the
elders of the people, and the chief priefls,
and the fcribes, came together, and led him
into their council, faying, Art thou the Chrift?
tell us. And he faid unto them, If I tell
you, ye will not believe : and if I alfo afk
you, ye will not anfwer me, nor let me go.
Hereafter ftiall the Son of Man fit on the
right hand of the power of God. Then faid
they all, Ait thou then the Son of God ?
And he faid unto them, Ye fay that I am.
And they faid, What need we any further

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witnefs ? for we ourfelves have heard of his
own mouth.

Thurfday before Eafter.

TheEpijUe. 1 Cor. xi. 17.

IN this that I declare unto you, I praife you
not; that ye come together not for the
better, but for the worfe. For firft of all,
when ye come together in the church, I hear
that there be divifions among you, and I
partly believe it. For there muft be alfo here-
fies among you, that they who are approved
may be made manifeft among you. When ye
come together therefore into one place, this
is not to eat the Lord's fupper : for in eating
eveiy one taketh before other his own fupper;
and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
What, have ye not houfes to eat and to drink
in? or defpife ye the church of God, and
ftiame them that have not ? What fliall I fay
to you ? fliall I praife you in this ? I praife
you not. For I have received of the Lord
that which alfo I delivered unto you, That the
Lord Jefus, the fame night in which he was
betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given
thanks; he brake it, and faid, Take, eat; this
is my body, which is broken for you : this do
in remembrance of me. After the fame man
ner alfo he took the cup, when he had flipped,
faying, This cup is the new teftament in my

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blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in
remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat
this bread, and drink this cup, ye do ihew the
Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, who-
foever fhall eat this bread, and drink this cup
of the Lord, unworthily, fhall be guilty of
the body and blood of the Lord. But let a
man examine himfelf, and fo let him eat of
that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that
eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and
drinketh damnation to himfelf, not difcem-
ing the Lord's body. For this caufe many are
weak and fickly among you, and many fleep.
For if we would judge ourfelves, we Ihould
not be judged. But when we are judged, we
are chaftened of the Lord, that we fhould not
be condemned with the world. Wherefore,
my brethren, when ye come together to eat,
tarry one for another. And if any man hun
ger, let him eat at home ; that ye come not
together unto condemnation. And the reft will
I fet in order when I come.

The Go/pel. St. Luke xxiii. 1 .

THE whole multitude of them arofe, and
led him unto Pilate. And they began
to accufe him, faying, We found this fellow
perverting the nation, and forbidding to give
tribute to Caefar, faying, That he himfelf is
Chrift a King. And Pilate afked him, faying,
Art thou the King of the Jews ? And he an-

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fwered him, and faid, Thou fayeft it. Then
faid Pilate to the chief priefts, and to the
people, I find no fault in this man. And they
were the more fierce, faying, He ftirreth up
the people, teaching throughout all Jewry,
beginning from Galilee to this place. When
Pilate heard of Galilee, he alked whether the
man were a Galilean. And as foon as he knew
that he belonged unto Herod's jurifdi&ion, he
fent him to Herod, who himfelf was alfo at
Jerufalem at that time. And when Herod
faw Jefus he was exceeding glad; for he
was defirous to fee him of a long feafon, be-
caufe he had heard many things of him ; and
he hoped to have feen fome miracle done by
him. Then he queftioned with him in many
words; but he anfwered him nothing. And
the chief priefts and fcribes flood and vehe
mently accufed him. And Herod with his
men of war fet him at nought, and mocked
him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe,
and fent him again to Pilate. And the fame
day Pilate and Herod were made friends to
gether ; for before they were at enmity be
tween themfelves. And Pilate, when he had
called together the chief priefts, and the ru
lers, and the people, faid unto them, Ye have
brought this man unto me, as one that per-
verteth the people : and behold, I, having ex
amined him before you, have found no fault

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in this man touching thofe things whereof ye
accvife him : No, nor yet Herod : for I fent
you to him ; and lo, nothing worthy of death
is done unto him. I will therefore chaftife
him, and releafe him. For of neceffity he muft
releafe one unto them at the feaft. And they
cried out all at once, faying, Away with this
man, and releafe unto us Barabbas : (who for
a certain fedition made in the city, and for
murder, was caft into prifon.) Pilate therefore,
willing to releafe Jefus, fpake again to them.
But they cried, faying, Crucify him, crucify
him. And he faid unto them the third time,
Why, what evil hath he done ? I have found
no caufe of death in him : I will therefore
chaftife him, and let him go. And they were
inftant with loud voices, requiring that he
might be crucified : and the voices of them
and of the chief priefts prevailed. And Pilate
gave fentence that it fhould be as they re
quired. And he releafed unto them him that
for fedition and murder was caft into prifon,
whom they had defired ; but he delivered Je
fus to their will. And as they led him away,
they laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian,
coming out of the country, and on him they
laid the crofs, that he might bear it after Je
fus. And there followed him a great com
pany of people, and of women, which alfo be
wailed and lamented him. But Jefus, turning

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unto them, faid, Daughters of Jerufalem,weep
not for me, but weep for yourfelves, and for
your children. For behold, the days are com
ing, in the which they fhall fay, Bleffed are
the barren, and the wombs that never bare,
and the paps which never gave fuck. Then
(hall they begin to fay to the mountains, Fall
on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they
do thefe things in a green tree, what fhall be
done in the dry? And there were alfo two
other, malefa&ors, led with him to be put to
death. And when they were come to the
place which is called Calvary, there they cru
cified him ; and the malefactors, one on the
right hand, and the other on the left. Then
faid Jefus, Father, forgive them, for they know
not what they do. And they parted his rai
ment, and caft lots. And the people flood
beholding; and the rulers alfo with them de
rided him, faying, He faved others ; let him
fave himfelf, if he be Chrift, the chofen of God.
And the foldiers alfo mocked him, coming to
him, and offering him vinegar, and faying, If
thou be the King of the Jews, fave thyfelf.
And a fuperfcription alfo was written over
him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and He
brew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE
JEWS. And one of the malefactors, which
were hanged, railed on him, faying, If thou
be Chrift, fave thyfelf, and us. But the other

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anfwering rebuked him, faying, Doft not thou
fear God, feeing thou art in the fame con
demnation? And we indeed juftly; for we
receive the due reward of our deeds, but this
man hath done nothing amifs. And he faid
unto Jefus, Lord, remember me when thou
comeft into thy kingdom. And Jefus faid
unto him, Verily I fay unto thee, To-day fhalt
thou be with me in paradife. And it was i
about the fixth hour : and there was a dark-
nefs over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And the fun was darkened, and the vail of i
the temple was rent in the midft. And when
Jefus had cried with a loud voice, he faid,
Father, into thy hands I commend my fpirit :
and having faid thus, he gave up the ghoft.
Now when the centurion law what was done,
he glorified God, faying, Certainly this was a
righteous man. And all the people that came
together to that fight, beholding the things
that were done, fmote their breads, and re
turned. And all his acquaintance, and the
women that followed him from Galilee, flood
afar off, beholding thefe things.

GOOD FRIDAY.

The Collects.

ALMIGHTY God, we befeech thee gra-
cioufly to behold this thy family, for which
our Lord Jefus Chrill was contented to be be-

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trayed, and given up into the hands of wicked
men, and to fufter death upon the crofs, who
now liveth and reigneth with thee and the
Holy Ghoft, ever one God, world without end.
Amen.

A LMIGHTY and everlafting God, by
JTJL whofe Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and fandtified ; Receive our fup-
plications and prayers, which we offer before
thee for all eftates of men in thy holy Church,
that every member of the fame, in his voca
tion and miniftry, may truly and godly ferve
thee; through our Lord and Saviour Jefus
Chrift. Amen.

O Merciful God, who haft made all men,
and hateft nothing that thou haft made,
nor wouldeft the death of a finner, but rather
that he ftiould be converted and live ; Have
mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and He-
reticks, and take from them all ignorance, hard-
nefs of heart, and contempt of thy Word ; and
fo fetch them home, blefled Lord, to thy flock,
that they may be faved among the remnant of
the true Ifraelites, and be made one fold under
one fhepherd, Jefus Chrift our Lord, who liveth
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epi/tle. Hebr. x. 1 .

THE law having a fliadow of good things
to come, and not the veiy image of the

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things, can never with thofe facrifices, which
they offered year by year continually, make
the comers thereunto perfedt : for then would
they not have ceafed to be offered ? becaufe
that the worfhippers once purged Ihould have
had no more conscience of fins. But in thofe
facrifices there is a remembrance again made
of fins every year. For it is not poffible that
the blood of bulls and of goats fhould take
away fins. Wherefore, when he cometh into
the world, he faith, Sacrifice and offering thou
wouldeft not, but a body haft thou prepared
me : In burnt-offerings and facrifices for fin
thou haft had no pleafure : Then faid I, Lo, I
come (in the volume of the book it is written
of me) to do thy will, O God. Above, when he
faid, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt-offer
ings, and offering for fin thou wouldeft not,
neither hadft pleafure therein, which are of
fered by the Law : then faid he, Lo, I come
to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the
firft, that he may eftablifli the fecond. By the
which will we are fandlified, through the offer
ing of the body of Jefus Chrift once for all. And
every prieft ftandeth daily miniftering, and of
fering oftentimes the fame facrifices, which can
never take away fins. But this man, after he
had offered one facrifice for fins, for ever fat
down on the right hand of God; from hence
forth expecting till his enemies be made his

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foot-ifool. For by one offering he hath perfect
ed for ever them that are fancftified : Whereof
the Holy Ghoft alfo is a witnefs to us : for after
that he had faid before, This is the covenant
that I will make with them after thofe days,
faith the Lord, I will put my laws into their
hearts, and in their minds will I write them ;
and their fins and iniquities will I remember
no more. Now where remiffion of thefe is,
there is no more offering for fin. Having
therefore, brethren, boldnefs to enter into the
holieft by the blood of Jefus, by a new and
living way, which he hath confecrated for us,
through the vail, that is to fay, his flefh ; and
having an High Prieft over the houfe of God;
let us draw near with a true heart, in full af-
furance of faith, having our hearts fprinkled
from an evil confcience, and our bodies walh-
ed with pure water. Let us hold faft the pro-
feffion of our faith without wavering; (for he
is faithful that promifed ;) and let us confider
one another to provoke unto love, and to good
works ; not forfaking the aflembling of our-
felves together, as the manner of fome is; but
exhorting one another : and fo much the more,
as ye fee the day approaching.

The Gofpel. St. John xix. 1 .
DILATE therefore took Jefus, and fcourg-
ed him. And the foldiers platted a crown
of thorns, and put it on his head, and they

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put on him a purple robe, and faid, Hail, King
of the Jews : and they fmote him with their
hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and |f
faith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to
you, that ye may know that I find no fault
in him. Then came Jefus forth, wearing the
crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And
Pilate faith unto them, Behold the man!
When the chief priefts therefore and officers
faw him, they cried out, faying, Crucify him,
crucify him. Pilate faith unto them, Take ye
him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
The Jews anfwered him, We have a law, and
by our law he ought to die, becaufe he made
himfelf the Son of God. When Pilate there
fore heard that faying, he was the more afraid;
and went again into the judgement-hall, and
faith unto Jefus, Whence art thou? But Jefus
gave him no anfwer. Then faith Pilate unto
him, Speakeft thou not unto me? knoweft
thou not that I have power to crucify thee,
and have power to releafe thee ? Jefus an
fwered, Thou couldeft have no power at all
againft me, except it were given thee from
above : therefore he that delivered me unto
thee hath the greater fin. And from thence
forth Pilate fought to releafe him : but the
Jews cried out, faying, If thou let this man
go, thou art not Csefar's friend: whofoever
maketh himfelf a king fpeaketh againft Csefar.

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When Pilate therefore heard that faying, he
brought Jefus forth, and fat down in the
judgement-feat, in a place that is called the
Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
And it was the preparation of the paffover,
and about the fixth hour : and he faith unto
the Jews, Behold your King ! But they cried
out, Away with him, away with him, crucify
him. Pilate faith unto them, Shall I crucify
your King ? The chief priefts anfwered, We
have no king but Csefar. Then delivered he
him therefore unto them to be crucified : and
they took Jefus, and led him away. And he,
bearing his crofs, went forth into a place call
ed the place of a fcull, which is called in the
Hebrew, Golgotha : where they crucified him,
and two other with him, on either fide one,
and Jefus in the midft. And Pilate wrote a
title, and put it on the crofs ; and the writing
was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING
OF THE JEWS. This title then read many
of the Jews : for the place where Jefus was
crucified was nigh to the city: and it was
written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
Then faid the chief priefts of the Jews to Pi
late, Write not, The King of the Jews ; but
that he faid, I am the King of the Jews. Pi
late anfwered, What I have written, I have
written. Then the foldiers, when they had
crucified Jefus, took his garments, and made

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four parts, to every fbldier a part ; and alfo
coat: now the coat was without feam, woven1
from the top throughout. They faid there
fore among themfelves, Let us not rend it,
but caft lots for it, whofe it fhall be : that
the Scripture might be fulfilled, which faith,
They parted my raiment among them, and for
my vefture they did caft lots. Thefe things
therefore the foldiers did. Now there flood
by the crofs of Jefus, his mother, and his mo
ther's fifter, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and
Mary Magdalene. When Jefus therefore faw
his mother, and the difciple (landing by, whom
he loved, he faith unto his mother, Woman,
behold thy fon. Then faith he to the difciple,
Behold thy mother. And from that hour that
difciple took her unto his own home. After
this, Jefus, knowing that all things were now
accomplifhed, that the Scripture might be ful
filled, faith, I thirft. Now there was fet a vef-
fel full of vinegar : and they filled a fpunge
with vinegar, and put it upon hyffop, and put
it to his mouth. When Jefus therefore had
received the vinegar, he faid, It is finifhed :
and he bowed his head, and gave up the
ghoft. The Jews therefore, becaufe it was
the preparation, that the bodies fliould not
remain upon the crofs on the fabbath-day,
(for that fabbath-day was an high day,) be-
fought Pilate that their legs might be broken,

Eajter Even.

and that they might be taken away. Then
came the foldiers, and brake the legs of
the firft, and of the other which was cruci
fied with him. But when they came to Je
fus, and faw that he was dead already, they
brake not his legs. But one of the foldiers
with a fpear pierced his fide, and forthwith
came thereout blood and water. And he that
faw it bare record, and his record is true :
and he knoweth that he faith true, that ye
might believe. For thefe things were done
that the Scripture fhould be fulfilled, A bone
of him (hall not be broken. And again, an
other Scripture faith, They fliall look on him
whom they pierced.

EASTER EVEN.

The Collett. - "

GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized
into -the death of thy blefled Son our
Saviour Jefus Chrift, fo by continual mortify
ing our corrupt affe&ions we may be buried
with him; and that through the grave, and
gate of death, we may pafs to our joyful re-
furrecftion ; for his merits, who died, ajid was
buried, and rofe again for us, thy Son Jefus
Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. 1 St. Peter iii. 17.
TT is better, if the will of God be fo, that ye
A fuffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing.

Eafter Even.

For Chrift alfo hath once fuffered for fins, the
juft for the unjuft, that he might bring us to
God, being put to death in the flefh, but
quickened by the Spirit. By which alfo he
went and preached unto the fpirits in prifon;
which fometime were difobedient, when once
the long-fuffering of God waited in the days of
Noah, while the ark was a preparing ; wherein
few, that is, eight fouls, were faved by water.
The like figure whereunto, even baptifm, doth
alfo now fave us, (not the putting away the
filth of the flefh, but the anfwer of a good
confcience towards God,) by the refurredlion
of Jefus Chrift : who is gone into heaven, and
is on the right hand of God, angels and au
thorities and powers being made fubjedft unto
him.

The Gofpel St. Matth. xxvii. 57.

WHEN the even was come, there came
a rich man of Arimathaea, named Jo-
feph, who alfo himfelf was Jefus' difciple. He
went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jefus.
Then Pilate commanded the body to be de
livered. And when Jofeph had taken the
body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and
laid it in his own new tomb, which he had
hewn out in the rock ; and he rolled a great
ftone to the door of the fepulchre, and depart
ed. And there was Maiy Magdalene, and the
other Maiy, fitting over againft the fepulchre.

EASTER-DAY.

Now the next day that followed the day of
preparation, the chief priefts andPharifees
(une together unto Pilate, faying. Sir, we re
member that that deceiver laid, while he was
yet alive, After three days I will rife again.
Command therefore that the fepulchre be made
fare until the third day, left his difciples come
by night and fteal him away, and fay unto the
people, He is rifen from the dead: fo the laft
error fliall be worfe than the firft. Pilate faid
unto them, Ye have a watch ; go your way,
make it as fure as you can. So they went and
made the fepulchre fure, fealing the (tone,
and fetting a watch.

EASTER-DAY.

^T At Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm, O come let us sing, <^c. these
Anthems shall be sung or said.

CHRIST our paffover is facrificed for us :
therefore let us keep the feaft ;
Not with the old leaven, nor with the lea
ven of malice and wickednefs : but with the
unleavened bread of fincerity and truth . 1 Cor.
v. 7.

CHRIST being raifed from the dead dieth
no more : death hath no more dominion
over him.

For in that he died, he died unto fin once :
but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Likewife reckon ye alfo yourfelves to be

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dead indeed unto fin : but alive unto God |c
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Rom. vi. 9.

CHRIST is rifen from the dead : and be
come the firft-fruits of them that flept.

For fince by man came death : by man came
alfo the refurre6tion of the dead.

For as in Adam all die : even fp in Chrift
(hall all be made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghoft ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever fhall be : world without end. Amen.

The Collect.

ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-
begotten Son Jefus Chrift haft overcome
death, and opened unto us the gate of ever-
lafting life ; We humbly befeech thee, that, as
by thy fpecial grace preventing us thou doft
put into our minds good defires, fo by thy
continual help we may bring the fame to good
effect ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Ghoft, ever one God, world without end.
Amen.

The Epijlle. Coloff. iii, L

IF ye then be rifen with Chrift, feek thofe
things which are above, where Chrift fit-
teth 011 the right hand of God. Set your af
fection on things above, not on things on the

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earth : For ye are dead, and your life is hid
with Chrift in God. When Chrift, who is our
life, fliall appear, then fhall ye alfo appear with
him in glory. Mortify therefore your mem
bers which are upon the earth ; fornication,,
uncleannefs, inordinate affedtion, evil concu-
pifcence, and covetoufnefs, which is idolatry :
For which things' fake the wrath of God com-
eth on the children of difobedience. In the
which ye alfo walked fome time, when ye
lived in them.

Tlie Go/pel. St. John xx. 1 .

THE firft day of the week cometh Maiy
Magdalene early, when it was yet dark,
unto the fepulchre, and feeth the ftone taken
away from the fepulchre. Then Ihe runneth
and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other
difciple whom Jefus loved, and faith unto
them, They have taken away the Lord out of
the fepulchre, and we know not where they
have laid him. Peter therefore went forth,
and that other difciple, and came to the fe
pulchre. So they ran both together ; and the
other difciple did outrun Peter, and came firft
to the fepulchre ; and he, ftooping down and
looking in, faw the linen clothes lying; yet
went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter
following him, and went into the fepulchre,
and feeth the linen clothes lie ; and the nap
kin that was about his head, not lying with

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the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a
place by itfelf. Then went in alfo that other!
difciple which came firft to the fepulchre, and
he law, and believed. For as yet they knew
not the Scripture, that he muft rife again from
the dead. Then the difciples went away again
unto their own home.

Monday in Eafter-week.

The Collett.
\ LMIGHTY God, who through thy only-
-£^L begotten Son Jefus Chrift haft overcome
death, and opened unto us the gate of ever-
lafting life ; We humbly befeech thee, that,
as by thy fpecial grace preventing us thou
doft put into our minds good defires, fo by
thy continual help we may bring the fame to
good effect; through Jefus Chrift our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
Holy Ghoft, ever one God, world without end.
Amen.

For the Epi/lle. A6ts x. 34.

PETER opened his mouth, and faid, Of a
truth I perceive that God is no refpe6ter
of perfons ; but in eveiy nation he that fear-
eth him, and worketh righteoufnefs, is ac
cepted with him. The word which God fent
unto the children of Ifrael, preaching peace
by Jefus Chrift ; (he is Lord of all;) that word
(I fay) ye know, which was publiftied through-

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out all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after
the baptifm which John preached : how God
anointed Jefus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghoft, and with power ; who went about do
ing good, and healing all that were oppreffed
of the devil : for God was with him. And we
are witnefles of all things which he did, both
in the land of the Jews, and in Jerufalem ;
whom they flew, and hanged on a tree : Him
God raifed up the third day, and ftiewed him
openly ; not to all the people, but unto wit
nefles chofen before of God, even to us, who
did eat and drink with him after he rofe from
the dead. And he commanded us to preach
unto the people, and to teftify that it is he
who was ordained of God to be the Judge
of quick and dead. To him give all the pro*
phets witnefs, that through his Name whofo-
ever believeth in him ftiall receive remiflion
of fins.

Tlie Gofpel St. Luke xxiv. 13.

BEHOLD, two of his difciples went that
fame day to a village called Emmaus,
which was from Jerufalem about threefcore
furlongs. And they talked together of all
thefe things which had happened. And it
came to pafs, that while they communed to
gether, and reafoned, Jefus himfelf drew near,
and went with them. But their eyes were
holden, that they ihould not know him. And

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he faid unto them, What manner of commu
nications are thefe that ye have one to an
other, as ye walk, and are fad ? And the one
of them, whofe name was Cleopas, anfwering,
faid unto him, Art thou only a ftranger in
Jerufalem, and haft not known the things
which are come to pafs there in thefe days ?
And he faid unto them, What things ? And
they faid unto him, Concerning Jefus of Na
zareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed
and word, before God and all the people :
and how the chief priefts and our rulers de
livered him to be condemned to death, and
have crucified him. But we trufted that it
had been he which fhould have redeemed
Ifrael : and befides all this, to-day is the third
day fince thefe things were done. Yea, and
certain women alfo of our company made us
aftonifhed, which were early at the fepulchre;
and when they found not his body, they came,
faying, that they had alfo feen a vifion of an
gels, which faid that he was alive. And cer
tain of them which were with us went to the
fepulchre, and found it even fo as the women
had faid j but him they faw not. Then he faid
unto them, O fools, and flow of heart to be
lieve all that the prophets have fpoken : ought (
not Chrift to have fuifered thefe things, and
to enter into his glory? And beginning at I
Mofes, and all the prophets, he expounded

Tuefday in Eafter-week.

unto them in all the Scriptures the things
concerning himfelf. And they drew nigh unto
the village whither they went; and he made as
though he would have gone further : but they
conftrained him, faying, Abide with us, for it
is towards evening, and the day is far fpent.
And he went in to tarry with them. And it
came to pafs, as he fat at meat with them, he
took bread, and bleffed it, and brake, and gave
to them. And their eyes were opened, and
they knew him, and he vanilhed out of their
fight. And they faid one to another, Did not
our heart burn within us, while he talked with
us by the way, and while he opened to us the
Scriptures ? And they rofe up the fame hour,
and returned to Jerufalem, and found the
eleven gathered together, and them that were
with them, faying, The Lord is rifen indeed,
and hath appeared to Simon. And they told
what things were done in the way, and how
he was known of them in breaking of bread.

Tuefday in Eajier-week.

The Collect.

A LMIGHTY God, who through thy only-
£*- begotten Son Jefus Chrift haft overcome
death, and opened unto us the gate of ever-
lafting life ; We humbly befeech thee, that,
as by thy fpecial grace preventing us thou
doit put into our minds good defires, fo by

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thy continual help we may bring the fame to
good effe6t; through Jefus Chrift our Lord, V
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the tj
Holy Ghoft, ever one God, world without end.
Amen.

For the Epijlle. A6ts xiii. 26.

MEN and brethren, children of the ftock
of Abraham, and whofoever among
you feareth God, to you is the word of this
falvation fent. For they that dwell at Jerufa-
lem, and their rulers, becaufe they knew him
not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which
are read every fabbath-day, they have fuliiJled
them in condemning him. And though they
found no caufe of death in him, yet delired
they Pilate that he fhould be flain. And when
they had fulfilled all that was written of him,
they took him down from the tree, and laid
him in a fepulchre. But God raifed him from
the dead: and he was feen many days of
them which came up with him from Galilee
to Jerufalem, who are his witnefles unto the
people. And we declare unto you glad tid
ings, how that the proinife which was made
unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the fame
unto us their children, in that he hath raifed
up Jefus again ; as it is alfo written in the
fecond Pfalm, Thou art my Son, this day have
I begotten thee. And as concerning that he
raifed him up from the dead, now no more to

Tuefday in Eajler-week.

return to corruption, he faid on this wife, I
will give you the fure mercies of David.
Wherefore he faith alfo in another Pfalm,
Thou fhalt not fuffer thine Holy One to fee
corruption. For David, after he had ferved
his own generation by the will of God, fell on
fleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and faw
corruption : but he whom God raifed again
faw no corruption. Be it known unto you
therefore, men and brethren, that through
this man is preached unto you the forgivenefs
of fins : and by him all that believe are jufti-
fied from all things, from which ye could not
be juftified by the law of Mofes. Beware
therefore, left that come upon you which is
fpoken of in the prophets ; Behold, ye de-
fpifers, and wonder, and perifli ; for I work a
work in your days, a work which ye (hall in
no wife believe, though a man declare it unto
you.

The Go/pel. St. Luke xxiv. 36.

JESUS himfelf flood in the midft of them,
and faith unto them, Peace be unto you.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and
fuppofed that they had feen a fpirit. And he
faid unto them, Why are ye troubled, and
why do thoughts arife in your hearts ? Be
hold my hands and my feet, that it is I my-
felf : handle me, and fee; for a fpirit hath not
flefh and bones, as ye fee me have. And when

Thejirft Sunday after Eafter.

he had thus fpoken, he fhewed them his hands
and his feet. And while they yet believed not
for joy, and wondered, he faid unto them,
Have ye here any meat? And they gave him
a piece of broiled fifh, and of an honey-comb.
And he took it, and did eat before them. And ;
he faid unto them, Thefe are the words which
I fpake unto you, while I was yet with you,
that all things muft be fulfilled which were
written in the law of Mofes, and in the Pro
phets, and in the Pfalms concerning me.
Then opened he their understanding, that they
might underftand the Scriptures, and faid un
to them, Thus it is written, and thus it be
hoved Chrift to fuffer, and to rife from the
dead the third day ; and that repentance and
remiffion of fins fliould be preached in his
Name among all nations, beginning at Jeru-
falem. And ye are witnefles of thefe things.

Thejirft Sunday after Eafter.

;' The Collet.

A LMIGHTY Father, who haft given thine
•£\^. only Son to die for our fins, and to rife
again for our juftification ; Grant us fo to put
away the leaven of malice and wickednefs,
that we may alway ferve thee in purenefs of
living and truth; through the merits of the
fame thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Tliefirfl Sunday after Eafter.

Ttie Epi/lle. 1 St. John v. 4.

WHATSOEVER is born of God over-
cometh the world ; and this is the vic
tory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he
that believeth that Jefus is the Son of God ?
This is he that came by water and blood, even
Jefus Chrift; not by water only, but by water
and blood : and it is the Spirit that beareth
witnefs, becaufe the Spirit is truth. For there
are three that bear record in heaven, the Fa
ther, the Word, and the Holy Ghoft : and thefe
three are one. And there are three that bear
witnefs in earth, the fpirit, and the water, and
the blood : and thefe three agree in one. If
we receive the witnefs of men, the witnefs of
God is greater: for this is the witnefs of God,
which he hath teftified of his Son. He that
believeth on the Son of God hath the witnefs
in himfelf : he that believeth not God hath
made him a liar, becaufe he believeth not the
record that God gave of his Son. And this is
the record, that God hath given to us eternal
life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath
the Son hath life ; and he that hath not the
Son hath not life.

The Go/pel. St. John xx. 19.

THE fame day at evening, being the firft
day of the week, when the doors were
(hut, where the difciples were aflembled for

Thefecond Sunday after Eajler.

fear of the Jews, came Jefus and flood in the
midft, and faith unto them, Peace be unto
you. And when he had fo faid, he ihewed
unto them his hands and his fide. Then were
the difciples glad when they faw the Lord.
Then faid Jefus to them again, Peace be unto
you : As my Father hath fent me, even fo fend
I you. And when he had faid this, he breath
ed on them, and faith unto them, Receive
ye the holy Ghoft. Whofefoever fins ye remit,
they are remitted unto them; and whofefoever
fins ye retain, they are retained.

T/iefecond Sunday after Eajler.

The Collet.
A LMIGHTY God, who haft given thine
-£JL only Son to be unto us both a facrifice
for fin, and alfo an enfample of godly life ;
Give us grace that we may always moft thank
fully receive that his ineftimable benefit, and
alfo daily endeavour ourfelves to follow the
blefled fteps of his moft holy life ; through the
fame Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. 1 St. Peter ii. 19.

THIS is thank-worthy, if a man for con-
fcience toward God endure grief, fuffer-
ing wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when
ye be buffeted for your faults, ye fliall take it
patiently? but if, when ye do well, and fufferfor
it, ye take it patiently ; this is acceptable with

Thefecond Sunday after Eafter.

God. For even hereunto were ye called : be-
caufe Chrift alfo fuffered for us, leaving us an
example, that ye fhould follow his fteps : who
did no fin,, neither was guile found in his
mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not
again; when he fuffered, he threatened not;
but committed himfelf to him that judgeth
righteoufly : who his own felf bare our fins in
his own body on the tree, that we, being dead
to fins, fliould live unto righteoufnefs: by whofe
ftripes ye were healed. For ye were as flieep
going aftray; but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bifhop of your fouls.
The Go/pel. St. John x. 11.

JESUS faid, 1 am the good fhepherd: the
good fhepherd giveth his life for the Iheep.

t^J M. C-? J^

But he that is an hireling, and not the fhep
herd, whofe own the fheep are not, feeth the
wolf coming, and leaveth the fheep, and fleeth;
and the wolf catcheth them, and fcattereth
the fheep. The hireling fleeth, becaufe he is
an hireling, and careth not for the fheep. I am
the good fhepherd, and know my flieep, and
am known of mine. As the Father knoweth
me, even fo know I the Father : and I lay
down my life for the flieep. And other flieep
I have, which are not of this fold ; them alfo
I mult bring, and they fhall hear my voice ;
and there fhall be one fold, and one fhep
herd.

The third Sunday after Eajier.

The ColleSt.

A LMIGHTY God, who flieweft to them
-JLJL that be in error the light of thy truth,
to the intent that they may return into the )
way of righteoufnefs ; Grant unto all them j
that are admitted into the fellowihip of Chrift's
Religion, that they may efchew thofe things
that are contrary to their profeffion, and fol
low all fuch things as are agreeable to the
fame; through our Lord Jefus Chrift. A-
men.

The Epijtle. 1 St. Peter ii. 1 1.

DEARLY beloved, I befeech you as ftran-
gers and pilgrims, abftain from fleflily
lufts, which war againft the foul ; having your
converfation honeil among the Gentiles ; that,
whereas they fpeak againft you as evil doers,
they may, by your good works which they ftiall
behold, glorify God in the day of vifitation.
Submit yourfelves to eveiy ordinance of man
for the Lord's fake; whether it be to the
King, as fupreme ; or unto governours, as
unto them that are fent by him, for the pu-
nilhment of evil doers, and for the praife of
them that do well. For fo is the will of God,
that with well-doing ye may put to filence the
ignorance of foolifh men : as free, and not
vifing your liberty for a cloke of malicioufnefs;
but as thq fervants of God. Honour all men.

The third Sunday after Eajler.

Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour
the King.

Tlie Gofpel St. John xvi. 16.

JESUS faid to his difciples, A little while
and ye fliall not fee me ; and again, a
little while and ye (hall fee me ; becaufe I go
to the Father. Then faid fome of his difciples
among themfelves, What is this that he faith
unto us, A little while and ye fliall not fee
me ; and again, a little while and ye fliall fee
me ; and, Becaufe I go to the Father ? They
faid therefore, What is this that he faith, A
little while? we cannot tell what he faith.
Now Jefus knew that they were defirous to
afk him, and faid unto them, Do ye enquire
among yourfelves of that I faid, A little while
and ye ftiall not fee me ; and again, a little
while and ye fliall fee me ? Verily, verily 1
fay unto you, That ye ftiall weep and lament,
but the world ftiall rejoice : and ye ftiall be
forrowful, but your forrow ftiall be turned
into joy. A woman, when ftie is in travail,
hath forrow, becaufe her hour is come : but
as foon as Ihe is delivered of the cliild, ftie
remembereth no more the anguifti, for joy
that a man is born into the world. And ye
now therefore have forrow: but I will fee
you again, and your heart ftiall rejoice, and
your joy no man taketh from you.

Tlie fourth Sunday after Eafter.

The Collect.

O Almighty God, who alone canft order
the unruly wills and affections of finful
men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may
love the thing which thou cominandeft, and
defire that which thou doft promife ; that fo,
among the fundry and manifold changes of
the world, our hearts may furely there be fix
ed, where true joys are to be found; through
Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epi/fle. St. James i. 17.

EVERY good gift, and every perfe6t gift
is from above, and cometh down from
the Father of lights, with whom is no varia-
blenefs, neither fhadow of turning. Of his
own will begat he vis with the Word of truth,
that we fhould be a kind of firft-fruits of his
creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren,
let every man be fwift to hear, flow to fpeak,
flow to wrath ; for the wrath of man worketh
not the righteoufnefs of God. Wherefore lay
apart all filthinefs and fuperfluity of naughti-
nefs, and receive with meeknefs the engraft
ed Word, which is able to fave your fouls.
The Go/pel. St. John xvi. 5.

JESUS faid unto his difciples, Now I go
my way to him that fent me, and none
of you afketh me, Whither goeft thou? But,
becaufe I have faid thefe things unto you,
forrow hath filled your heart. Neverthelefs,

Ttie fifth Sunday after Eajler.

I tell you the truth ; it is expedient for you
that I go away : for if I go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I
depart, I will fend him unto you. And when
he is come, he will reprove the world of fin,
and of righteoufnefs,and of judgement: of fin,
becaufe they believe not on me; of righteouf-

j nefs, becaufe I go to my Father, and ye fee
me no more; of judgement, becaufe the prince

! of this world is judged. I have yet many
things to fay unto you, but ye cannot bear
them now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of

;. truth, is come, he will guide you into all

1 truth : for he fliall not fpeak of himfelf ; but
whatfoever he (hall hear, that (hall he fpeak :
and he will fliew you things to come. He
(hall glorify me : for he fliall receive of mine,
and fliall (hew it unto you. All things that
the Father hath are mine : therefore faid I,
that he fliall take of mine, and (hall (hew it
unto you.

Tlie fifth Sunday after Eajter.

The Cottett.

f\ Lord, from whom all good things do
V^r come ; Grant to us thy humble fervants,
that by thy holy infpiration we may think
thofe things that be good, and by thy merci
ful guiding may perform the fame ; through
our Lord Jefus Chrift. Amen.

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Thejjfth Sunday after Eajler.

The Epiftle. St. James i. 22.

BE ye doers of the Word, and not hearers
only, deceiving your own felves. For if
any be a hearer of the Word, and not a
doer, he is like unto a man beholding his na
tural face in a glafs. For he beholdeth him-
felf, and goeth his way, and ftraightway for-
getteth what manner of man he was. But
whofo looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein, he being not a for
getful hearer, but a doer of the work, this
man (hall be blefled in his deed. If any man
among you feem to be religious, and bridleth j
not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart,
this man's religion is vain. Pure religion, and
undefiled before God and the Father, is this,
To vifit the fatherlefs and widows in their af-
flidlion, and to keep himfelf unfpotted from
the world.

The Go/pel. St. John xvi. 23.

VERILY, verily I fay unto you, Whatfo-
ever ye fliall alk the Father in my Name,
he will give it you. Hitherto have ye alked no
thing in my Name : aik, and ye (hall receive,
that your joy may be full. Thefe things have
I fpoken unto you in proverbs : the time
cometh when I (hall no more fpeak unto you
in proverbs, but I (hall (hew you plainly of
the Father. At that day ye (hall a(k in my
Name : and I fay not unto you, that I will |

The Afcenjlon-day.

pray the Father for you ; for the Father him-
felf loveth you, becaufe ye have loved me, and
have believed that I came out from God. I
came forth from the Father, and am come
into the world : again, I leave the world, and
go to the Father. His difciples faid unto him,
Lo, now fpeakeft thou plainly, and fpeakeft
no proverb. Now are we fure that thou know-
eft all things, and needeft not that any man
(hould afk thee : by this we believe that thou
cameft forth from God. Jefus anfwered them,
Do ye now believe ? Behold, the hour com-
eth, yea, is now come, that ye (hall be fcat-
tered every man to his own, and fliall leave
me alone : and yet I am not alone, becaufe
the Father is with me. Thefe things I have
fpoken unto you, that in me ye might have
peace. In the world ye fhall have tribulation;
but be of good cheer, I have overcome the
world.

Tlie Afcenfion-day \

The Collect.

GRANT, we befeech thee, Almighty God,
that like as we do believe thy only-be
gotten Son our Lord Jefus Chrift to have
afcended into the heavens ; fo we may alfo in
heart and mind thither afcend, and with him

continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth

Nr»
«,

The Afcenjlon-day .

with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one God, world
without end. Amen.

For the Epiftle. A6ts i. 1.

THE former treatife have I made, O The-
ophilus, of all that Jefus began both to
do and teach, until the day in which he was
taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghoft
had given commandments unto the Apoftles
whom he had chofen : to whom alfo he (hewed
himfelf alive after his paffion, by many infal
lible proofs ; being feen of them forty days,
and fpeaking of the things pertaining to the
Kingdom of God : and, being affembled to
gether with them, commanded them that they
fhould not depart from Jerufalem, but wait
for the promife of the Father, which, faith he,
ye have heard of me. For John truly bap
tized with water, but ye fhall be baptized with
the Holy Ghoft not many days hence. When
they therefore were come together, they afk-
ed of him, faying, Lord, wilt thou at this time
reftore again the kingdom to Ifrael ? And he
faid unto them, It is not for you to know
the times or the feafons, which the Father
hath put in his own power. But ye (hall
receive power after that the Holy Ghoft is
come upon you ; and ye fhall be witnefles un
to me, both in Jerufalem, and in all Judsea,
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermoft part
of the earth. And when he had fpoken

The Afcenjion-day.

thefe things, while they beheld, he was taken
up, and a cloud received him out of their
fight. And while they looked ftedfaftly toward
heaven, as he went up, behold, two men flood
by them in white apparel; which alfo faid,
Ye men of Galilee, why ftand ye gazing up
into heaven ? This fame Jefus, which is taken
up from you into heaven, (hall fo come, in
like manner as ye have feen him go into
heaven.

The Go/pel. St. Mark xvi. 14.

JESUS appeared unto the eleven as they
fat at meat, and upbraided them with their
i unbelief and hardnefs of heart, becaufe they
believed not them which had feen him after
he was rifen. And he faid unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach the Gofpel to
eveiy creature. He that believeth and is bap
tized fhall be faved; but he that believeth
not (hall be damned. And thefe figns fhall
follow them that believe : In my Name fhall
they caft out devils ; they fhall fpeak with
new tongues ; they fhall take up ferpents ;
and if they drink any deadly thing, it fhall
not hurt them ; they fhall lay hands on the
fick, and they fhall recover. So then after
the Lord had fpoken unto them, he was re
ceived up into heaven, and fat on the right
hand of God. And they went forth and
preached every where, the Lord working with

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Sunday after Afcenjion-day .

them, and confirming the Word with iigns
following.

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Sunday after Afcenjion-day.

The Collect.

OGod the King of glory, who haft exalted j|
thine only Son Jefus Chrift with great
triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven ; We
befeech thee, leave us not comfortlefs ; but
fend to us thine Holy Ghoft to comfort us,
and exalt us unto the fame place whither our
Saviour Chrift is gone before, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one
God, world without end. Amen.

The Epijlle. 1 St. Peter iv. 7.

THE end of all things is at hand ; be ye
therefore fober, and watch unto prayer.
And above all things have fervent charity
among yourfelves : for charity lhall cover the
multitude of fins. Ufe hofpitality one to an
other without grudging. As every man hath
received the gift, even fo minifter the fame
one to another, as good ftewards of the ma
nifold grace of God. If any man fpeak, let
him fpeak as the oracles of God : if any man
minifter, let him do it as of the ability which
God giveth; that God in all things may be
glorified through Jefus Chrift, to whom be
praife and dominion for ever and ever. A-
men.

WHIT-SUNDAY.

The Go/pel. St. John xv. 26. and part of

Chapter xvi.

iniTHEN the Comforter is come, whom I
will fend unto you from the Father,
even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he fhall teftify of me. And
ye alfo fhall bear witnefs, becaufe ye have
been with me from the beginning. Thefe
things have I fpoken unto you, that ye fhould
not be offended. They fhall put you out of
the fynagogues : yea, the time Cometh, that
whofoever killeth you will think that he doeth
God fervice. And thefe things will they do
unto you, becaufe they have not known the
Father, nor me. But thefe things have I told
you, that, when the time fhall come, ye may
remember that I told you of them.

WHIT-SUNDAY. ^; '• :

P The ColleSt. - ;'

GOD, who as at this time didft teach the
hearts of thy faithful people, by the fend
ing to them the light of thy Holy Spirit;
Grant us by the fame Spirit to have a right
judgement in all things, and evermore to re
joice in his holy comfort ; through the merits
of Chrift Jefus our Saviour, who liveth and
reigneth with thee, in the unity of the fame
Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

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WHIT-SUNDAY.

For the Epiftle* A6ls ii. 1.

WHEN the day of Pentecoft was fully
come, they were all with one accord
in one place. And fuddenly there came a
found from heaven, as of a milling mighty
wind, and it filled all the houfe where they
were fitting. And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it fat upon
each of them : and they were all filled with
the Holy Ghoft, and began to fpeak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utter
ance. And there were dwelling at Jerufalem
Jews, devout men, out of every nation under
heaven. Now when this was noifed abroad,
the multitude came together, and were con
founded, becaufe that every man heard them
fpeak in his own language. And they were
all amazed, and marvelled, faying one to an
other, Behold, are not all thefe which fpeak
Galileans ? And how hear we eveiy man in
our own tongue wherein we were born ? Par-
thians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the
dwellers in Mefopotamia, and in Judaea, and
Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Afia, Phrygia, and
Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and ftrangers of Rome,
Jews, and Profelytes, Cretes, and Arabians,
we do hear them fpeak in our tongues the
wonderful works of God.

WHIT-SUNDAY. i

The Gojpel St. John xiv. 15.

JESUS faid unto his difciples, If ye love
me, keep my commandments. And I will
pray the Father, and he fhall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you for
ever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world
cannot receive, becaufe it feeth him not, nei
ther knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he
dwelleth with you, and fliall be in you. I will
not leave you comfortlefs ; I will come to you.
Yet a little while, and the world feeth me
no more ; but ye fee me : becaufe 1 live, ye
lhall live alfo. At that day ye fliall know, that
I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in
you. He that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me ; and
he that loveth me fliall be loved of my Father,
and I will love him, and will manifeft my-
felf to him. Judas faith unto him, (not Ifca-
riot,) Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifeft
thyfelf unto us, and not unto the world ? Je-
fus anfwered and faid unto him, If a man love
me, he will keep my words, and my Father
will love him, and we will come unto him,
and make our abode with him. He that loveth
me not keepeth not my fayings : and the word
which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's
which fent me. Thefe things have I fpoken
unto you, being yet prefent with you. But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghoft, whom

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the Father will fend in my Name, he ihall
teach you all things, and bring all things to
your remembrance, whatfoever I have faid
unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace
I give unto you : not as the world giveth, give
I uinto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how
I faid unto you, I go away, and come again
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice,
becaufe I faid, I go unto the Father : for my
Father is greater than I. And now I have
told you before it come to pafs, that, when it
is come to pafs, ye might believe. Hereafter I
will not talk much with you : for the prince
of this world cometh, and hath nothing in
me. But that the world may know that I
love the Father; and as the Father gave me
commandment, even fo I do.

Monday in Whitfun-week.

The Colleffl.

GOD, who as at this time didft teach the
hearts of thy faithful people, by the fend
ing to them the light of thy Holy Spirit;
Grant us by the fame Spirit to have a right
judgement in all things, and evermore to re
joice in his holy comfort; through the merits
of Chrift Jefus our Saviour, who liveth and
reigneth with thee, in the unity of the fame
Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

Monday in Whitfun-iveek.

For the Epiftle. A6ts x. 34.

THEN Peter opened his mouth, and faid,
Of a truth I perceive that God is no re-
fpe6ter of perfons ; but in eveiy nation he that
feareth him, and worketh righteoufnefs, is ac
cepted with him. The Word which God fent
unto the children of Ifrael, preaching peace
by JefusChrift; (he is Lord of all;) that Word,
I fay, ye know, which was publifhed through
out all Judeea, and began from Galilee, after
the baptifm which John preached : how God
anointed Jefus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghoft, and with power ; who went about do
ing good, and healing all that were opprefled
of the devil : for God was with him. And we
are witnefles of all things which he did, both
in the land of the Jews, and in Jerufalem ;
whom they flew, and hanged on a tree : Him
God raifed up the third day, and ftiewed him
openly; not to all the people, but unto wit
nefles chofen before of God ; even to us who
did eat and drink with him after he rofe from
the dead. And he commanded us to preach
unto the people, and to teftify that it is he
which was ordained of God to be the Judge
of quick and dead. To him give all the pro
phets witnefs, that through his Name whofo-
ever believeth in him fliall receive remiflion
of fins. While Peter yet fpake thefe words,
the Holy Ghoft fell on all them which heard

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the word. And they of the circumcifion, which
believed, were aftonifhed, as many as came
with Peter, becaufe that on the Gentiles alfo
was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghoft.
For they heard them fpeak with tongues, and
magnify God. Then anfwered Peter, Can any
man forbid water, that thefe fhould not be
baptized, which have received the Holy Ghoft
as well as we ? And he commanded them to
be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then
prayed they him to tarry certain days.
The Go/pel. St. John iii. 16.

GOD fo loved the world, that he gave his
only-begotten Son, that whofoever be-
lieveth in him fhould not perifti, but have
everlafting life. For God fent not his Son in
to the world to condemn the world, but that
the world through him might be faved. He
that believeth on him is not condemned : but
he that believeth not is condemned already ;
becaufe he hath not believed in the Name of
the only-begotten Son of God. And this is
the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darknefs rather than
light, becaufe their deeds were evil. For every
one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither
cometh to the light, left his deeds fhould be
reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to
the light, that his deeds may be made mani-
feft, that they are wrought in God.

Tuefday in Whitfun-week.

f) The ColleSt. :?,,n>

GOD, who as at this time didft teach the
hearts of thy faithful people, by the fend
ing to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant
us by the fame Spirit to have a right judge
ment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in
I his holy comfort; through the merits of Chrift
jJelus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth
with thee, in the unity of the fame Spirit, one
God, world without end. Amen.

For the Epijlle. A6ls viii. 14.

WHEN the Apoftles, which were at Je-
rufalem, heard that Samaria had re
ceived the word of God, they fent unto them
Peter and John ; who, when they were come
down, prayed for them, that they might re
ceive the Holy Ghoft: (for as yet he was fallen
upon none of them ; only they were baptized
in the Name of the Lord Jefus.) Then laid
they their hands on them, and they received
the Holy Ghoft.

The Go/pel. St. John x. 1.

VERILY, verily I fay unto you, He that
entereth not by the door into the flieep-
fold, but climbeth up fome other way, the
fame is a thief and a robber. But he that
entereth in by the door is the fliepherd of the
ftieep : to him the porter openeth ; and the
flieep hear his voice, and he calleth his own
flieep by name, and leadeth them out. And,

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when lie putteth forth his own fheep, he goeth
before them, and the fheep follow him ; for
they know his voice. And a ftranger will
they not follow ; but will flee from him ; for
they know not the voice of ftrangers. This
parable fpake Jefus unto them : but they un-
derftood not what things they were which he
fpake unto them. Then faid Jefus unto them
again ; Verily, verily I fay unto you, I am the
door of the fheep. All that ever came before
me are thieves and robbers ; but the fheep
did not hear them. I am the door ; by me if
any man enter in, he fhall be faved, and fhall
go in and out, and find pafture. The thief
cometh not but for to fteal, and to kill, and
to deftroy : I am come that they might have
life, and that they might have it more abun
dantly.

TRINITY-SUNDAY.

The Collet.

ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who I
haft given unto us thy fervants grace by||
the confeflion of a true faith to acknowledgel I
the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in thej
power of the Divine Majefty to worfhip the
Unity ; We befeech thee, that thou wouldeft
keep us ftedfaft in this faith, and evermore)
defend us from all adverfities, who liveft and !
reigneft, one God, world without end. Amen.\

TRINITY-SUNDAY.

For the Epi/lle. Rev. iv. 1 .

AFTER this I looked, and behold, a door
was opened in heaven : and the firft voice
which I heard was as it were of a trumpet
talking with me; which faid, Come up hither,
and I will fliew thee things which mutt be
hereafter. And immediately I was in the Spi-
I rit; and behold, a throne was fet in heaven,
I and one fat on the throne : and he that fat
» was to look upon like a jafper and a fardine
) (lone : and there was a rainbow round about
[ the throne, in fight like unto an emerald. And
| round about the throne were four and twenty
[ feats ; and upon the feats I faw four and
| twenty elders fitting, clothed in white rai-
j ment ; and they had on their heads crowns
, of gold : And out of the throne proceeded
lightnings, and thunderings, and voices. And
there were feven lamps of fire burning before
the throne, which are the feven fpirits of God.
And before the throne there was a fea of glafs
3 like unto cryftal : and in the inidft of the
r throne, and round about the throne, were
\ four beafts full of eyes before and behind.
e And the firft beaft was like a lion, and the
e fecond beaft like a calf, and the third beaft
] had a face as a man, and the fourth beaft was
g like a flying eagle. And the four beafts had
J each of them fix wings about him; and they
, were full of eyes within : and they reft not day

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and night, faying. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God
Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
And when thofe beafts give glory, and ho
nour, and thanks, to him that fat on the throne,
who liveth for ever and ever, the four and
twenty elders fall down before him that fat
on the throne, and worihip him that liveth for
ever and ever, and call their crowns before
the throne, faying, Thou art worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory, and honour, and power; for
thou hail created all things, and for thy plea-
fure they are and were created.

Tlie Go/pel. St. John iii. 1 .

THERE was a man of the Pharifees, nam
ed Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews : the
fame came to Jefus by night, and faid unto
him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher
come from God : for no man can do thefe
miracles that thou doeft, except God be with
him. Jefus anfwered and faid unto him, Ve
rily, verily I fay unto tliee, Except a man be
born again, he cannot fee the Kingdom of
God. Nicodemus faith unto him, How can a
man be born when he is old? can he enter
the fecond time into his mother's womb, and
be born ? Jefus anfwered, Verily, verily I fay
unto thee, Except a man be born of water,
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
Kingdom of God. That which is born of the
flelh is fleih ; and that which is born of the

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Spirit is fpirit. Marvel not that I faid unto
thee, Ye muft be born again. The wind blow-
eth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found
thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth ; fo is every one that is
born of the Spirit. Nicodemus anfwered and
faid unto him, How can thefe things be? Je-
fus anfwered and faid unto him, Art th&tftk
mafter of Ifrael, and knoweft not thefe thing!?
Verily, verily I fay unto thee, We fpeak that
we do know, and teftify that we have feen ; and
ye receive not our witnefs. If I have told you
earthly things, and ye believe not ; how fliall
ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ?
And no man hath afcended up to heaven, but
he that came down from heaven, even the Son
of man, who is in heaven. And as Mofes
lifted up the ferpent in the wildernefs, even
fo muft the Son of man be lifted up : that
whofoever believeth in him Ihould not perifh,
but have eternal life.

Thefirft Sunday after Trinity.
The Colledt.

OGod, the ftrength of all them that put
their truft in thee, mercifully accept our
prayers ; and becaufe through the weaknefs
of our mortal nature we can do no good thing
without thee, grant us the help of thy grace,
that in keeping of thy commandments we may

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pleafe thee, both in will and deed; through
Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. to

The Em file. 1 St. John iv. 7.

J, V

BELOVED,, let us love one another : for 0(
love is of God, and eveiy one that loveth \
is born of God, and knoweth God. He that y
loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. [(
In this was manifefted the love of God to- 0
wards us, becaufe that God fent his only- l
begotten Son into the world, that we might
live through him. Herein is love, not that we r
loved God, but that he loved us, and fent his .
Son to be the propitiation for our fins. Be- |
loved, if God fo loved us, we ought alfo to \
love one another. No man hath feen God at l
any time. If we love one another, God dwell- ,
eth in us, and his love is perfected in us. ,
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and |
he in us ; becaufe he hath given us of his Spi
rit. And we have feen, and do teftify, that
the Father fent the Son to be the Saviour oi
the world. Whofoever (hall confefs that Jefus
is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and
he in God. And we have known and believ
ed the love that God hath to us. God is love;
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God,
and God in him. Herein is our love made
perfe6t, that we may have boldnefs in the day
of judgement ; becaufe as he is, fo are we in
this world. There is no fear in love ; but per-

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fe6l love cafteth out fear ; becaufe fear hath
torment : He that feareth is not made perfect
in love. We love him, becaufe he firft loved
us. If a man fay, I love God, and hateth his
brother, he is a liar : for he that loveth not
his brother, whom he hath feen, how can he
love God, whom he hath not feen ? And this
commandment have we from him, That he
who loveth God love his brother alfo.
The Go/pel St. Luke xvi. 19.

THERE was a certain rich man, which was
clothed in purple, and fine linen, and fared
fumptuoufly every day. And there was a cer
tain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid
at his gate full of fores, and defiring to be fed
with the crumbs, which fell from the rich
man's table : moreover, the dogs came and
licked his fores. And it came to pafs, that
the beggar died, and was carried by the an
gels into Abraham's bofom. The rich man
alfo died, and was buried : and in hell he lift
up his eyes being in torments, and feeth A-
braham afar off, and Lazarus in his bofom.
And he cried and faid, Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and fend Lazarus, that he may
dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my
tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame.
But Abraham faid, Son, remember that thou
in thy life-time recervedft thy good things,
and likewife Lazarus evil things ; but now he

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p
is comforted, and thou art tormented. And,

befides all this, between us and you there is!
a great gulf fixed : fo that they who would ,
pafs from hence to you cannot ; neither can
they pafs to us, that would come from thenceJ ,
Then he faid, I pray thee therefore, father,
that thou wouldeft fend him to my father's
houfe : for I have five brethren j that he may r
teftify unto them, left they alfo come into ,
this place of torment. Abraham faith un- ,
to him, They have Mofes and the prophets ;
let them hear them. And he faid, Nay, father
Abraham ; but if one went unto them from (
the dead, they will repent. And he faid unto [
him, If they hear not Mofes and the prophets, (
neither will they be perfuaded, though one ]
rofe from the dead.

Thefecond Sunday after Trinity.

• \TheCottett. ^

OLord, who never faileft to help and go
vern them whom thou doft bring up in
thy ftedfaft fear and love ; Keep us, we be-
feech thee, under the protection of thy good
providence, and make us to have a perpetual
fear and love of thy holy Name ; through Je-
fus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. 1 St. John iii. 13.

MARVEL not, my brethren, if the world
hate you. We know that we have paff*

Thefecond Sunday after Trinity.

ed from death unto life, becaufe we love the
brethren. He that loveth not his brother
1 abideth in death. Whofoever hateth his bro
ther is a murderer : and ye know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, be
caufe he laid down his life for us : and we
ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
But whofo hath this world's good, and feeth
his brother have need, and fhutteth up his
bowels of compaffion from him ; how dwell-
eth the love of God in him ? My little chil
dren, let us not love in word, neither in
tongue; but in deed, and in truth. And here
by we know that we are of the truth, and
Ihall affure our hearts before him. For if our
heart condemn us, God is greater than our
heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if
our heart condemn us not, then have we
confidence towards God. And whatfoever we
afk, we receive of him, becaufe we keep his
commandments, and do thofe things that are
pleafing in his fight. And this is his com
mandment, That we fhould believe on the
Name of his Son Jefus Chrift, and love one
another, as he gave us commandment. And
he that keepeth his commandments dwell-
eth in him, and he in him : and hereby we
know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit
which he hath given us.

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The third Sunday after Trinity.

The Go/pel. St. Luke xiv. 16.

A Certain man made a great fupper, and
bade many ; and fent his fervant at fup-
per-time to fay to them that were bidden,
Come, for all things are now ready. And
they all with one confent began to make ex-
cufe. The firft faid unto him, I have bought
a piece of ground, and I muft needs go and
fee it; I pray thee have me excufed. And
another faid, I have bought five yoke of oxen,
and I go to prove them ; I pray thee have me
exeufed. And another faid, I have married a
wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that
fervant came, and fliewed his lord thefe things.
Then the mailer of the houfe being angry faid
to his fervant, Go out quickly into the ftreets
and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the
poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the
blind. And the fervant faid, Lord, it is done
as thou haft commanded, and yet there is room.
And the Lord faid unto the fervant, Go out
into the high- ways and hedges, and compel
them to come in, that my houfe may be filled.
For I fay unto you, That none of thofe men
which were bidden fliall tafte of my fupper.

The third Sunday after Trinity.
Tlie Collect.

OLord, we befeech thee mercifully to hear
us ; and grant that we, to whom thou

The third Sunday after Trinity.

haft given an hearty defire to pray, may by
1 thy mighty aid be defended and comforted in
all dangers and adverfities ; through Jefus
Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epijlle. \ St. Peter v. 5.

ALL of you be fubjedl one to another, and
be clothed with humility : for God refift-
eth the proud, and giveth grace to the hum
ble. Humble yourfelves therefore under the
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you
in due time ; calling all your care upon him,
for he careth for you. Be fober, be vigilant;
becaufe your adverfary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about feeking whom he may de
vour : whom refift ftedfaft in the faith, know
ing that the fame afflictions are accomplifhed
in your brethren that are in the world. But
the God of all grace, who hath called us into
his eternal glory by Chrift Jefus, after that ye
have fuifered a while, make you perfect, fta-
blifh, ftrengthen, fettle you. To him be glory
and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
The Go/pel. St. Luke xv. 1.

THEN drew near unto him all the publi
cans and finners for to hear him. And
the Pharifees and Scribes murmured, faying,
This man receiveth finners, and eateth with
them. And he fpake this parable unto them,
faying, What man of you having an hundred
ftieep, if he lofe one of them, doth not leave

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the ninety and nine in the wildernefs, and go
after that which is loft, until he find it ? And
when he hath found it, he layeth it on his
fhoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh
home, he calleth together his friends and
neighbours, faying unto them, Rejoice with
me, for I have found my fheep which was
loft. I fay unto you, That likewife joy fhall be
in heaven over one finner that repenteth,
more than over ninety and nine juft perfons,
which need no repentance. Either what wo
man having ten pieces of filver, if (he lofe one
piece, doth not light a candle, and fweep the
houfe, and feek diligently till fhe find it ?
And when fhe hath found it, (he calleth her
friends and her neighbours together, faying,
Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece
which I had loft. Likewife, I fay unto you,
There is joy in the prefence of the angels of
God over one finner that repenteth.

The fourth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

OGod, the protector of all that truft in
thee, without whom nothing is ftrong,
nothing is holy ; Increafe and multiply upon
us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and
guide, we may fo pafs through things tempo
ral, that we finally lofe not the things eternal :

The fourth Sunday after Trinity.

Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jefus drift's
fake our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. Rom. viii. 18.

I Reckon that the fufferings of this prefent
time are not worthy to be compared with
the glory which (hall be revealed in us. For
the earned expectation of the creature wait-
eth for the manifeftation of the fons of God.
For the creature was made fubje6t to vanity,
not willingly, but by reafon of him who hath
fubjedted the fame in hope : becaufe the crea
ture itfelf alfo fhall be delivered from the bond
age of corruption, into the glorious liberty of
the children of God. For we know that the
whole creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain
together until now. And not only they, but
ourfelves alfo, which have the firft-fruits of the
Spirit, even we ourfelves groan within our
felves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body.

The Go/pel. St. Luke vi. 36.

BE ye therefore merciful, as your Father
alfo is merciful. Judge not, and ye fhall
not be judged : condemn not, and ye fhall not
be condemned: forgive, and ye fhall be for
given : give, and it fhall be given unto you ;
good meafure, prefled down, and fhaken to
gether, and running over, fhall men give into
your bofom. For with the fame meafure that
ye mete withal, it fhall be meafured to you

The fifth Sunday after Trinity.

again. And he fpake a parable unto them,
Can the blind lead the blind ? Ihall they not
both fall into the ditch ? The difciple is not
above his mafter ; but every one that is per-
fe6t fliall be as his mafter. And why behold-
eft thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but perceived not the beam that is in thine
own eye ? Either how canft thou fay to thy
brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote
that is in thine eye, when thou thyfelf behold-
eft not the beam that is in thine own eye ?
Thou hypocrite, caft out firft the beam out of
thine own eye, and then flialt thou fee clearly
to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's
eye.

Thejifth Sunday after Trinity.
The ColleSt.

GRANT, O Lord, we befeech thee, that
the courfe of this world may be fo
peaceably ordered by thy governance, that
thy Chvirch may joyfully ferve thee in all god
ly quietnefs ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

The Epiftle. 1 St. Peter iii. 8.

BE ye all of one mind, having compaffion
one of another, love as brethren, be
pitiful, be courteous ; not rendering evil for
evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwife
blefling; knowing that ye are thereunto call-

The fifth Sunday after Trinity.

ed, that ye (hould inherit a bleffing. For he
that will love life, and fee good days, let him
refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that
they fpeak no guile : let him efchew evil, and
do good; let him feek peace, and enfue it. For
the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and his ears are open unto their prayers : but
the face of the Lord is againft them that do
evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye
be followers of that which is good? But and
if ye fuffer for righteoufnefs' fake, happy are
ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither
be troubled ; but fan6lify the Lord God in your
hearts.

The Gofpel. St. Luke v. 1.

IT came to pafs, that as the people preffed
upon him to hear the Word of God he
ftood by the lake of Gennefareth, and faw two
Ihips Handing by the lake ; but the filhermen
were gone out of them, and were wafhing
their nets. And he entered into one of the
fhips, which was Simon's, and prayed him that
he would thruft out a little from the land : and
he fat down, and taught the people out of the
fhip. Now when he had left fpeaking, he faid
unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and
let down your nets for a draught. And Si
mon anfwering faid unto him, Mafter, we have
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing;
neverthelefs, at thy word I will let down the

TheJitVth Sunday after Trinity.

net. And when they had this done, they in-
clofed a great multitude of fifties and their
net brake. And they beckoned unto their part
ners which were in the other flrip, that they
fliould come and help them. And they came,
and filled both the fhips, fo that they began
to fink. When Simon Peter faw it, he fell
down at Jefus' knees, faying, Depart from me,
for I am a finful man, O Lord. For he was
aftonilhed, and all that were with him, at the
draught of the fifties which they had taken ;
and fo was alfo James, and John, the fons of
Zebedee, which were partners with Simon.
And Jefus faid unto Simon, Fear not, from
henceforth thou fhalt catch men. And when
they had brought their ftiips to land, they for-
fook all, and followed him.

The Jixth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

OGod, who haft prepared for them that
love thee fuch good things as pafs man's
underftanding ; Pour into our hearts fuch love
toward thee, that we, loving thee above all
things, may obtain thy promifes, which exceed
all that we can defire ; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

The Epi/lle. Rom. vi. 3.

KNOW ye not, that fo many of us as were
baptized into Jefus Chrift were baptized

Tlie Jixth Sunday after Trinity.

into his death? Therefore we are buried with
him by baptifm into death ; that like as Chrift
was raifed vip from the dead by the glory of
the Father, even fo we alfo fhould walk in
newnefs of life. For if we have been planted
together in the likenefs of his death, we fhall
be alfo in the likenefs of his refurre6tion :
knowing this, that our old man is crucified
with him, that the body of fin might be de-
ftroyed, that henceforth we fhould not ferve
fin. For he that is dead is freed from fin.
Now if we be dead with Chrift, we believe
that we (hall alfo live with him; knowing that
Chrift being raifed from the dead dieth no
more; death hath no more dominion over
him. For in that he died, he died unto fin
once ; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto
God. Likewife reckon ye alfo yourfelves to
be dead indeed unto fin, but alive unto God
through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

The Go/pel St. Matth. v. 20.

JESUS faid unto his difciples, Except your
righteoufnefs (hall exceed the righteouf-
nefs of the Scribes and Pharifees, ye fliall in
no cafe enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
Ye have heard that it was faid by them of old
time, Thou (halt not kill : and whofoever fhall
kill, fhall be in danger of the judgement. But
I fay unto you, that whofoever is angry with
his brother without a caufe fhall be in dan-

The feventh Sunday after Trinity.

ger of the judgement : and whofoever fliall
lay to his brother, Raca, fliall be in danger of
the council : but whofoever fliall fay, Thou
fool, ftiall be in danger of hell-fire. Therefore
if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there
remembereft that thy brother hath ought a-
gainft thee ; leave there thy gift before the al
tar, and go thy way, firft be reconciled to thy
brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Agree with thine adverfary quickly, whiles
thou art in the way with him ; left at any
time the adverfary deliver thee to the judge,
and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and
thou be caft into prifon. Verily I fay unto
thee, Thou Ihalt by no means come out
thence, till thou haft paid the uttermoft far
thing.

The feventh Sunday after Trinity.

The ColleSt.

LORD of all power and might, who art
the author and giver of all good things ;
Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name,
increafe in us true religion, nourifh us with
all goodnefs, and of thy great mercy keep us
in the fame ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

The Epiftle. Rom. vi. 19.

I Speak after the manner of men, becaufa
of the infirmity of your flefh : for as ye

Tliefeventh Sunday after Trinity.

have yielded your members fervants to un-
cleannefs, and to iniquity, unto iniquity ; even
fo now yield your members fervants to right-
eoufnefs, unto holinefs. For when ye were the
fervants of fin, ye were free from righteouf-
nefs. What fruit had ye then in thofe things
whereof ye are now afhamed ? for the end of
thofe things is death. But now being made
free from fin, and become fervants to God, ye
have your fruit unto holinefs, and the end ever-
lafting life. For the wages of fin is death : but
the gift of God is eternal life, through Jefus
Chrift our Lord.

The Go/pel. St. Mark viii. 1.

IN thofe days the multitude being very
great, and having nothing to eat, Jefus
called his difciples unto him, and faith unto
them, I have compaflion on the multitude,
becaufe they have now been with me three
days, and have nothing to eat : and if I fend
them away failing to their own houfes, they
will faint by the way ; for divers of them came
from far. And his difciples anfwered him,
From whence can a man fatisfy thefe men
with bread here in the wildernefs ? And he
alked them, How many loaves have ye ? And
they faid, Seven. And he commanded the
people to fit down on the ground. And he
took the feven loaves, and gave thanks, and
brake, and gave to his difciples to fet before

Tlie eighth Sunday after Trinity.

them ; and they did fet them before the peo
ple. And they had a few fmall fifties ; and
he blefled, and commanded to fet them alfo
before them. So they did eat, and were filled :
and they took up of the broken meat that was
left feven bafkets. And they that had eaten
were about four thoufand. And he fent them
away.

The eighth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect.

OGod, whofe never-failing providence or-
dereth all things both in heaven and
earth ; We humbly befeech thee to put away
from us all hurtful things, and to give us thofe
things which be profitable for us ; through Je-
fus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. Rom. viii. 12.

BRETHREN, we are debtors, not to the
flefti, to live after the flefti. For if ye
live after the flefti, ye fliall die; but if ye
through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of
the body, ye fliall live. For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God, they are the fons of
God. For ye have not received the fpirit of i
bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the fpirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father. The Spirit itfelf beareth witnefs with
our fpirit, that we are the children of God :
and if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, and

The ninth Sunday after Trinity.

• joint-heirs with Chrift: if fo be that we fuffer
with him, that we may be aJfo glorified to-
] gether.

The Go/pel. St. Matth. vii. 15.

BEWARE of falfe prophets, which come
to you in fheep's clothing, but inwardly
i they are ravening wolves. Ye fliall know them
by their fruits : do men gather grapes of
thorns, or figs of thiftles ? Even fo every good
tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt
tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree
cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can a
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewi)
down, and caft into the fire. Wherefore by
their fruits ye fhall know them. Not every
one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, fliall en
ter into the Kingdom of heaven ; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven.

The ninth Sunday after Trinity.

The ColleSt.

GRANT to us, Lord, we befeech thee, the
fpirit to think and do always fuch things
as be rightful ; that we, who cannot do any
thing that is good without thee, may by thee
be enabled to live according to thy will;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord, Amen.

The ninth Sunday after Trinity.

The Epiftle. 1 Cor. x. 1 .

BRETHREN, I would not that ye fliould
be ignorant, how that all our fathers were
under the cloud, and all pafled through the
fea ; and were all baptized unto Mofes in the
cloud, and in the fea ; and did all eat the fame
fpiritual meat, and did all drink the fame fpi-
ritual drink : (for they drank of that fpiritual
Rock that followed them; and that Rock was
Chrift.) But with many of them God was not
well pleafed ; for they were overthrown in the
wildernefs. Now thefe things were our ex
amples, to the intent we fliould not luft after
evil things, as they alfo lufted. Neither be ye
idolaters, as were fome of them ; as it is writ
ten, The people fat down to eat and drink,
and rofe up to play. Neither let us commit
fornication, as fome of them committed, and
fell in one day three and twenty thoufand.
Neither let us tempt Chrift, as fome of them
alfo tempted, and were deftroyed of ferpents.
Neither murmur ye, as fome of them alfo
murmured,, and were deftroyed of the de-
ftroyer. Now all thefe things happened unto
them for enfamples : and they are written for
our admonition, upon whom the ends of the
world are come. Wherefore let him that think- j
eth he ftandeth take heed left he fall. There
hath no temptation taken you, but fuch as is >
common to man : but God is faithful, who will

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not fuffer you to be tempted above that ye
are able; but will with the temptation alfo
make a way to efcape, that ye may be able to
bear it.

The Go/pel. St. Luke xvi. 1.

JESUS faid unto his difciples, There was
a certain rich man which had a fteward ;
and the fame was accufed unto him that he
had wafted his goods. And he called him,
and faid unto him, How is it that I hear this
of thee ? Give an account of thy ftewardfliip ;
for thou mayeft be no longer fteward. Then
the fteward faid within himfelf, What fliall
I do? for my lord taketh away from me
the ftewardfliip : I cannot dig, to beg I am
alhanied. I am refolved what to do, that,
when I am put out of the ftewardfliip, they
may receive me into their houfes. So he call
ed every one of his lord's debtors unto him,
and faid unto the firft, How much oweft thou
unto my lord? And he faid, An hundred
meafures of oil. And he faid unto him, Take
thy bill, and fit down quickly, and write fifty.
Then faid he to another, And how much
oweft thou ? And he faid, An hundred mea
fures of wheat. And he faid unto him, Take
thy bill, and write fourfcore. And the lord
commended the unjuft fteward, becaufe hq
had done wifely: for the children of this

The tenth Sunday after Trinity.

world are in their generation wifer than the
children of light. And I fay unto you, Make
to yourfelves friends of the mammon of un-
righteoufnefs ; that when ye fail, they may re
ceive you into everlafting habitations.

The tenth Sunday after Trinity.

^tefoeM* The Collect. ';? ^ ;^"

LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open
to the prayers of thy humble fervants ;
and that they may obtain their petitions make
them to afk fuch things as ftiall pleafe thee ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Tlie Epi/lle. 1 Cor. xii. 1 .

CONCERNING fpiritual gifts, brethren, II
^-^ would not have you ignorant. Ye know
fcaat ye were Gentiles, carried away unto thefe;
dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore!
I give you to underftand, that no man fpeak-
ing by the Spirit of God calleth Jefus accurf-j
ed; and that no man can fay that Jefus is thei
Lord, but by the Holy Ghoft. Now there arei
diversities of gifts, but the fame Spirit. And
there are differences of adminiftrations, but
the fame Lord. And there are diverfities of
operations, but it is the fame God, who work- 1
eth all in all. But the manifeftation of thei
Spirit is given to eveiy man to profit withal. !

Tlie tenth Sunday after Trinity.

For to one is given by the Spirit the word of

wifdom ; to another the word of knowledge

i. by the fame Spirit ; to another faith by the

;. fame Spirit ; to another the gifts of healing

by the fame Spirit ; to another the working

of miracles ; to another prophecy ; to another

idifceming of fpirits; to another divers kinds

of tongues ; to another the interpretation of

r tongues. But all thefe worketh that one and

lithe felf-fame Spirit, dividing to every man fe-

i verally as he will.

Tlie Go/pel. St. Luke xix. 41.
AND when he was come near, he beheld
-£^- the city, and wept over it, faying, If thou
hadft known, even thou, at leaft in this thy
day, the things which belong unto thy peace !
but now they are hid from thine eyes. For
the days fhall come upon thee, that thine ene
mies fhall caft a trench about thee, and com-
pafs thee round, and keep thee in on every fide,
and fhall lay thee even with the ground, and
thy children within thee ; and they fhall not
leave in thee one ftone upon another; becaufe
thou knewefl not the time of thy vifitation.
And he went into the temple, and began to
caft out them that fold therein, and them that
bought, faying unto them, It is written, My
houfe is the houfe of prayer: but ye have
made it a den of thieves. And he taught
daily in the temple.

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The eleventh Sunday after Trinity.

The ColleSt.

OGod, who declareft thy almighty power
moft chiefly in fliewing mercy and pity ;
Mercifully grant unto us fuch a meafure of a
thy grace, that we, running the way of thy [
commandments, may obtain thy gracious pro-
mifes, and be made partakers of thy hean
venly treafure; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

The Epiftle. 1 Cor. xv. 1.
BRETHREN, I declare unto you the Gof-
pel which I preached unto you, which
alfo ye have received, and wherein ye Hand :
by which alfo ye are faved, if ye keep in me
mory what I preached unto you, unlefs ye
have believed in vain. For I delivered unto
you firft of all, that which I alfo received, how
that Chrift died for our fins, according to the
Scriptures; and that he was buried ; and that
he rofe again the third day, according to the
Scriptures ; and that he was feen of Cephas,
then of the twelve : after that, he was feen of
above five hundred brethren at once ; of whom
the greater part remain unto this prefent;
but fome are fallen afleep : after that, he was
feen of James ; then of all the Apoftles : and
laft of all, he was feen of me alfo, as of one
born out of due time. For I am the leaft of
the Apoftles, that am not meet to be called
an Apoftle, becaufe I perfecuted the Church

The twelfth Sunday after Trinity.

of God. But by the grace of God I am what
I am : and his grace which was beftowed up
on me was not in vain ; but I laboured more
abundantly than they all ; yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me. Therefore
whether it were I or they, fo we preach, and
fo ye believed.

The Go/pel. St. Luke xviii. 9.

JESUS fpake this parable unto certain
which trufted in themfelves that they were
righteous, and defpifed others : Two men went
up into the temple to pray; the one a Pha-
rifee, and the other a Publican. The Pharifee
flood and prayed thus with himfelf, God, I
thank thee, that I am not as other men are,
extortioners, unjuft, adulterers, or even as this
Publican : I faft twice in the week, I give
tithes of all that I poflefs. And the Publican,
{landing afar off, would not lift up fo much
as his eyes unto heaven, but fmote upon his
breafl, faying, God be merciful to me a fin-
ner. I tell you, this man went down to his
houfe juflified rather than the other : for eveiy
one that exalteth himfelf fhall be abafed ; and
he that humbleth himfelf fhall be exalted.

Tlie twelfth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collett.

ALMIGHTY and everlafting God, who
art always more ready to hear than we

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The twelfth Sunday after Trinity.

to pray, and art wont to give more than ei
ther we defire, or deferve; Pour down upon
us the abundance of thy mercy ; forgiving vis
thofe things whereof our confcience is afraid,
and giving us thofe good things which we are
not worthy to afk, but through the merits
and mediation of Jefus Chrift, thy Son, our
Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. 2 Cor. iii. 4.

SUCH truft have we through Chrift to God-
ward : not that we are fufficient of our-
felves to think any thing as of ourfelves ; but
our fufficiency is of God. Who alfo hath
made us able minifters of the New Tefta-
ment ; not of the letter, but of the Spirit : for
the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
But if the miniftration of death written and
engraven in ftones was glorious, fo that the
children of Ifrael could not ftedfaftly behold
the face of Mofes for the glory of his coun
tenance, which glory was to be done away;
how fhall not the miniftration of the Spirit be
rather glorious ? For if the miniftration of
condemnation be glory, much more doth the
miniftration of righteoufnefs exceed in glory.
The Go/pel. St. Mark vii. 31.

JESUS, departing from the coafts of Tyre
and Sidon, came unto the fea of Galilee,
through the midft of the coafts of Decapolis.
And they bring unto him one that was deaf,

Tlie thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.

and had an impediment in his fpeech ; and
they befeech him to put his hand upon him.
And he took him afide from the multitude,
and put his fingers into his ears, and he fpit,
and touched his tongue ; and looking up to
heaven, he fighed, and faith unto him, Eph-
pJiatha, that is, Be opened. And flraightway
his ears were opened, and the firing of his
tongue was loofed, and he fpake plain. And
he charged them that they fhould tell no man :
but the more he charged them, fo much the
more a great deal they publifhed it; and were
beyond meafure aftoniftied, faying, He hath
done all things well; he maketh both the
deaf to hear, and the dumb to fpeak.

The thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

A LMIGHTY and merciful God, of whofe
-£j^- only gift it cometh that thy faithful peo
ple do unto thee true and laudable fervice ;
Grant, we befeech thee, that we may fo faith
fully ferve thee in this life, that we fail not
finally to attain thy heavenly promifes; through
the merits of Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epijlle. Gal. iii. 16.

HinO Abraham and his feed were the pro-

A mifes made. He faith not, And to feeds,

as of many ; but as of one ; And to thy feed,

which is Chrift. And this I fay, That the

The thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.

covenant that was confirmed before of God
in Chrift, the Law, which was four hundred | (
and thirty years after, cannot difannul, that it
fliould make the promife of none effedl. For
if the inheritance be of the Law, it is no more
of promife ; but God gave it to Abraham by
promife. Wherefore then ferveth the Law ?
it was added becaufe of tranfgreffions, till
the feed fliould come, to whom the promife
was made; and it was ordained by angels in
the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is |
not a mediator of one ; but God is one. Is
the Law then againft the promifes of God ?
God forbid : for if there had been a law given
which could have given life, verily righteouf-
nefs fliould have been by the Law. But the
Scripture hath concluded all under fin, that
the promife by faith of Jefus Chrift might be
given to them that believe.

The Go/pel. St. Luke x. 23.

BLESSED are the eyes which fee the
things that ye fee. For I tell you, That
many prophets and kings have defired to fee
thofe things which ye fee, and have not feen
them; and to hear thofe things which ye hear,
and have not heard them. And behold, a
certain Lawyer flood up, and tempted him,
faying, Mafter, what (hall I do to inherit eter
nal life ? He faid unto him, What is written
in the Law ? how readeft thou ? And he an-

Tlie thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.

fwering faid, Thou flialt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul,
and with all thy ftrength, and with all thy
mind; and thy neighbour as thyfelf. And he
faid unto him, Thou haft anfwered right; this
do, and thou flialt live. But he, willing to juf-
tiiy himfelf, faid unto Jefus, And who is my
neighbour? And Jefus anfwering faid, A cer
tain man went down from Jerufalem to Jeri
cho, and fell among thieves, which ftripped
him of his raiment, and wounded him, and de
parted, leaving him half dead. And by chance
there came down a certain Prieft that way,
and, when he faw him, he paffed by on the
other fide. And likewife a Levite, when he
was at the place, came and looked on him,
and paffed by on the other fide. But a certain
Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he
was ; and, when he faw him, he had compaf-
fion on him, and went to him, and bound up
his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and fet
him on his own beaft, and brought him to an
inn, and took care of him. And on the mor
row, when he departed, he took out two
pence, and gave them to the hoft, and faid
unto him, Take care of him ; and whatfoever
thou fpendeft more, when I come again, I will
repay thee. Which now of thefe three, think -
eft thou, was neighbour unto him that fell
among the thieves? And he faid, He that

The fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.

(hewed mercy on him. Then faid Jefus unto |f
him, Go, and do thou likewife.

The fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

A LMIGHTY and everlafting God, give
-fJL- unto us the increafe of faith, hope, and
charity ; and, that we may obtain that which
thou doft promife, make us to love that which
thou doft command ; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

The Epi/lle. Gal. v. 16.

I Say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye (hall
not fulfil the luft of the flelh. For the flefli
lufteth againft the Spirit, and the Spirit againft
the fle(h ; and thefe are contrary the one to
the other; fo that ye cannot do the things
that ye would. But if ye be led by the Spi
rit, ye are not under the law. Now the
works of the flefli are manifeft, which are
thefe, adultery, fornication, uncleannefs, laf-
civioufnefs, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, va
riance, emulations, wrath, ftrife, feditions, he-
refies, envyings, murders, drunkennefs, revel-
lings, and fuch like : of the which I tell you be
fore, as I have alfo told you in time pad, That
they who do fuch things (hall not inherit the
kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, long-fuffering, gentlenefs,
goodnefs, faith, meeknefs, temperance: againft

The fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.

fuch there is no law. And they that are Chrift's
have crucified the fleih, with the affedlions and
lufts.

Hie Go/pel. St. Luke xvii. 1 1 .

AND it came to pafs, as Jefus went to Je-
rufalem, that he pafled through the midft
of Samaria, and Galilee. And as he entered
into a certain village, there met him ten men
that were lepers, which flood afar off. And
they lifted up their voices, and faid, Jefus,
Mafler, have mercy on us. And when he faw
them, he faid unto them, Go, fhew yourfelves
unto the priefts. And it came to pafs, that,
as they went, they were cleanfed. And one
of them, when he faw that he was healed,
turned back, and with a loud voice glorified
God, and fell down on his face at his feet,
giving him thanks ; and he was a Samaritan.
And Jefus anfwering faid, Were there not
ten cleanfed ? but where are the nine ? There
are not found that returned to give glory to
God, fave this ftranger. And he faid unto
him, Arife, go thy way, thy faith hath made
thee whole.

The fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.
fc- ^ .The Collet. *

KEEP, we befeech thee, O Lord, thy
Church with thy perpetual mercy : and,
becaufe the frailty of man without thee can-

The fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.

not but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all
things hurtful, and lead us to all things pro
fitable to our falvation; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

The Epi/lle. Gal. vi. 11.
E fee how large a letter I have written

unto you with mine own hand. As many
as defire to make a fair ihew in the flefh, they
conftrain you to be cimimcifed ; only left they
Ihould fuffer perfecution for the crofs of Chrift.
For neither they themfelves who are circum-
cifed keep the law ; but defire to have you cir-
cumcifed, that they may glory in your flefh.
But God forbid that I fhould glory, lave in the
crofs of our Lord Jefus Chrift, by whom the
world is crucified unto me, and I unto the
world. For in Chrift Jefus neither circumci-
fion availeth any thing, nor uncircumcifion,
but a new creature. And as many as walk
according to this rule, peace be on them,
and mercy, and upon the Ifrael of God. From
henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear
in my body the marks of the Lord Jefus.
Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift
be with your fpirit. Amen.

The Go/pel St. Matth. vi. 24.

NO man can ferve two matters : for either
he will hate the one, and love the other;
or elfe he will hold to the one, and defpife the
other. Ye cannot ferve God and Mammon.

The fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.

Therefore I fay unto you, Take no thought
for your life, what ye ftiall eat, or what ye
(hall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye
(hall put on : Is not the life more than meat,
and the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls
of the air; for they fow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your hea
venly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they ? Which of you by taking
thought can add one cubit unto his ftature?
And why take ye thought for raiment ? Con-
fider the lilies of the field how they grow :
they toil not, neither do they fpin : and yet I
fay unto you, That even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of thefe.
Wherefore, if God fo clothe the grafs of the
field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is caft
into the oven ; ftiall he not much more clothe
you, O ye of little faith ? Therefore take no
thought, faying, What ftiall we eat? or what
fhall we drink? or wherewithal ftiall we be
clothed ? (for after all thefe things do the Gen
tiles feek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth
that ye have need of all thefe things. But feek
ye firft the kingdom of God, and his right-
eoufnefs, and all thefe things ftiall be added
unto you. Take therefore no thought for the
morrow ; for the morrow ftiall take thought
for the things of itfelf : fufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.

The fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

OLord, we befeech thee, let thy continual
pity cleanfe and defend thy Church ; and,
becaufe it cannot continue in fafety without thy
fuccour, preferve it evermore by thy help and
goodnefs ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
The Epi/lle. Ephef. iii. 13.

IDefire that ye faint not at my tribulations
for you, which is your glory. For this
caufe I bow my knees unto the Father of our
Lord Jefus Chrift, of whom the whole family
in heaven and earth is named, that he would
grant you, according to the riches of his glo
ry, to be ftrengthened with might by his Spirit
in the inner man ; that Chrift may dwell in
your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love, may be able to com
prehend with all faints, what is the breadth,
and length, and depth, and height; and to
know the love of Chrift, which pafleth know
ledge, that ye might be filled with all the ful-
nefs of God. Now unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that we afk
or think, according to the power that work-
eth in us, unto him be glory in the Church by
Chrift Jefus, throughout all ages, world with-
end. Amen.

The Gofpel. St. Luke vii. 11.

AND it came to pafs the day after, that
Jefus went into a city called Nairn ; and

The feventeenth Sunday after Trinity.

many of his difciples went with him, and much
people. Now when he came nigh to the gate
of the city, behold, there was a dead man car
ried out, the only fon of his mother, and flie
was a widow ; and much people of the city
was with her. And when the Lord faw her,
he had compaffion on her, and faid unto her,
Weep not. And he came and touched the
bier, (and they that bare him flood ftill,) and
he faid, Young man, I fay unto thee, Arife.
And he that was dead fat up, and began to
fpeak : and he delivered him to his mother.
And there came a fear on all, and they glo
rified God, faying, That a great Prophet is
rifen up among us, and that God hath vifit-
ed his people. And this rumour of him went
forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout
all the region round about.

The feventeenth Sunday after Trinity.

I' The Collect.

LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may
always prevent and follow us, and make
us continually to be given to all good works ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
The Epijlle. Ephef. iv. 1.

I Therefore the prifoner of the Lord be-
feech you, that ye walk worthy of the vo
cation wherewith ye are called, with all low-
linefs and meeknefs, with long-fuffering, for-

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bearing one another in love ; endeavouring j
to keep the unity of the fpirit in the bond of j
peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, j
even as ye are called in one hope of your call- j
ing ; one Lord, one faith, one baptifm, one j
God and Father of all, who is above all, and j
through all, and in you all.

The Gofpel. St. Luke xiv. 1 .

IT carne to pafs, as Jefus went into the
houfe of one of the chief Pharifees to eat
bread on the fabbath-day, that they watched
him. And behold, there was a certain man
before him which had the dropfy. And Jefus
anfwering fpake unto the Lawyers and Pha
rifees, faying, Is it lawful to heal on the fab
bath-day? And they held their peace. And
he took him, and healed him, and let him go ;
and anfwered them, faying, Which of you (hall
have an ass, QY an ox, fallen into a pit, and
will not ftraightway pull him out on the fab
bath-day ? And they could not anfwer him
again to thefe things. And he put forth a
parable to thofe which were bidden, when he
marked how they chofe out the chief rooms,
faying unto them, When thou art bidden of
any man to a wedding, fit not down in the
higheft room ; left a more honourable man
than thou be bidden of him ; and he that bade
thee and him come and fay to thee, Give this
man place ; and thou begin with fhame to

The eighteenth Sunday after Trinity.

[take the loweft room. But when thou art
| bidden, go and fit down in the loweft room ;
[that, when he that bade thee cometh, he may
i fay unto thee, Friend, go up higher : then
i flialt thou have worlhip in the prefence of

them that fit at meat with thee. For whofo-
\ ever exalteth himfelf fhall be abafed ; and he

that humbleth himfelf ihall be exalted.

The eighteenth Sunday after Trinity.
\ The Collett. luw

LORD, we befeech thee, grant thy people
grace to withftand the temptations of
[ the world, the flefli, and the devil, and with
pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only
God; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
The Epijlle. 1 Cor. i. 4.

1 Thank my God always on your behalf, for
the grace of God which is given you by
Jefus Chrift ; that in every thing ye are en
riched by him, in all utterance, and in all
knowledge ; even as the teftimony of Chrift
was confirmed in you ; fo that ye come be
hind in no gift ; waiting for the coming of our
Lord Jefus Chrift, who Ihall alfo confirm you
unto the end, that ye may be blamelefs in the
day of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

The Go/pel St. Matth. xxii. 34.

WHEN the Pharifees had heard that Je
fus had put the Sadducees to filence,

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they were gathered together. Then one o
them, who was a Lawyer, afked him a quef-
tion, tempting him, and faying, Mafter, whicl:
is the great commandment in the Law? Jefus
faid unto him, Thou flialt love the Lord th}
God with all thy heart, and with all thy foul,
and with all thy mind. This is the firft anc
great commandment. And the fecond is like
unto it, Thou flialt love thy neighbour as thy-
felf. On thefe two commandments hang al
the Law and the Prophets. While the Pha-
rifees were gathered together, Jefus afkec
them, faying, What think ye of Chrift? whofe
fon is he ? They fay unto him, The fon oi
David. He faith unto them, How then doth
David in fpirit call him Lord, faying, The
Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my righl
hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot-ftool?
If David then call him Lord, how is he his
Son ? And no man was able to anfwer him a
word ; neither durft any man from that day
forth alk him any more queftions.

The nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.

The ColleSt.

OGod, forafmuch as without thee we are
not able to pleafe thee ; Mercifully grant,
that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct
and rule our hearts ; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord.

The nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.

[, The Epiftle. Ephef. iv. 17.

THIS I fay therefore, and teftify in the
Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as
lather Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their
jmind; having the underftanding darkened,
[being alienated from the life of God through
I the ignorance that is in them, becaufe of the
jblindnefs of their heart : who, being paft feel
ing, have given themfelves over unto lafcivi-
pufnefs, to work all uncleannefs with greedi-
aefs. But ye have not fo learned Chrift; if
To be that ye have heard him, and have been
:aught by him, as the truth is in Jefus : that
lye put off, concerning the former converfa-
don, the old man, which is corrupt according
i :o the deceitful lufts ; and be renewed in the
Tpirit of your mind ; and that ye put on the
lew man, which after God is created in right-
i ^oufnefs and true holinefs. Wherefore, put-
ing away lying, fpeak every man truth with
lis neighbour : for we are members one of
mother. Be ye angry and fin not : let not
:he fun go down upon your wrath : neither
*ive place to the devil. Let him that ftole
leal no more ; but rather let him labour,
working with his hands the thing which is
*ood, that he may have to give to him that
leedeth. Let no corrupt communication pro
ceed out of your mouth, but that which is
*ood to the ufe of edifying, that it may mi-

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nifter grace unto the hearers. And grieve
not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
fealed unto the day of redemption. Let all
bitternefs, and wrath, and anger, and cla
mour, and evil-fpeaking, be put away from
you, with all malice. And be ye kind one
to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Chrift's fake hath
forgiven you.

The Go/pel St. Matth. ix. 1.

JESUS entered into a fhip, and pafled over,
and came into his own city. And behold,
they brought to him a man fick of the palfy,
lying on a bed. And Jefus, feeing their faith,
faid unto the fick of the palfy, Son, be of good
cheer, thy fins be forgiven thee. And behold,
certain of the Scribes faid within themfelves,
This man blalphemeth. And Jefus, knowing
their thoughts, faid, Wherefore think ye evil
in your hearts ? For whether is eafier to fay,
Thy fins be forgiven thee ? or to fay, Arife,
and walk ? But that ye may know that the
Son of man hath power on earth to forgive
fins, (then faith he to the fick of the palfy,)
Arife, take up thy bed, and go unto thine
houfe. And he arofe, and departed to his
houfe. But when the multitude faw it, they
marvelled, and glorified God, who had given
fuch power unto men.

O

The twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

Tlie Colleffi.

Almighty and moft merciful God, of thy
bountiful goodnefs keep us, we befeech
thee, from all things that may hurt us ; that
we, being ready both in body and foul, may
cheerfully accomplifh thofe things that thou
wouldeft have done ; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

The Epijlle. Ephef. v. 15.

SEE then that ye walk circumfpe&ly, not
as fools, but as wife, redeeming the time,
becaufe the days are evil. Wherefore be ye
not unwife, but underttanding what the will
of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine,
wherein is excefs ; but be filled with the Spi
rit ; fpeaking to yourfelves in pfalms, and
hymns, and fpiritual fongs ; finging and mak
ing melody in your heart to the Lord ; giving
thanks always for all things unto God and the
Father, in the Name of our Lord Jefus Chrift;
fubmitting yourfelves one to another in the
fear of God.

The Go/pel. St. Matth. xxii. 1.

JESUS faid, The Kingdom of heaven is
like unto a certain king, who made a mar
riage for his fon ; and fent forth his fervants
to call them that were bidden to the wedding;

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and they would not come. Again, he fent
forth other fervants, faying, Tell them which
are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my din
ner ; my oxen and my failings are killed, and
all things are ready ; come unto the mar
riage. But they made light of it, and went
their ways, one to his farm, another to his
merchandife : and the remnant took his fer-
vants, and entreated them fpitefully, and flew
them. But when the king heard thereof, he
was wroth ; and he fent forth his armies, and
deftroyed thofe murderers, and burnt up their
city. Then faith he to his fervants, The wed
ding is ready, but they who were bidden were
not worthy. Go ye therefore into the high
ways, and as many as ye fhall find bid to the
marriage. So thofe fervants went out into the
high- ways, and gathered together all, as many
as they found, both bad and good ; and the
wedding was furniftied with guefts. And when
the king came in to fee the guefts, he faw
there a man which had not on a wedding-
garment. And he faith unto him, Friend,
how cameft thou in hither, not having a wed
ding-garment? And he was fpeechlefs. Then
faid the king to the fervants, Bind him hand
and foot, and take him away, and caft him
into outer darknefs : there fhall be weeping
and gnafliing of teeth. For many are called,
but few are chofen.

The one and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.
The Collect. i**«4o}'fei ^

GRANT, we befeech thee, merciful Lord,
to thy faithful people pardon and peace,
that they may be cleanfed from all their fins,
and ferve thee with a quiet mind ; through
Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epijlle. Ephef. vi. 10. iHnp

MY brethren, be ftrong in the Lord, and
in the power of his might. Put on the
whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
ftand againft the wiles of the devil. For we
wreftle not againft flefli and blood, but a-
gainft principalities, againft powers, againft
the rulers of the darknefs of this world, againft
fpiritual wickednefs in high places. Where
fore take unto you the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withftand in the evil
day, and, having done all, to ftand. Stand
therefore, having your loins girt about with
truth ; and having on the breaft-plate of right-
eoufnefs; and your feet Ihod with the pre
paration of the Gofpel of peace; above all,
taking the fhield of faith, wherewith ye fhall
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked ; and take the helmet of falvation, and
the fword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God : praying always with all prayer and fup-
plication in the Spirit, and watching there
unto with all perfeverance, and fupplication

The one and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

for all faints; and for me, that utterance may
be given unto me, that I may open my mouth
boldly, to make known the myftery of the
Gofpel, for which I am an ambaffador in
bonds ; that therein I may fpeak boldly, as I
ought to fpeak.

The Gofpel. St. John iv. 46.

THERE was a certain nobleman, whofe
fon was fick at Capernaum. When he
heard that Jefus was come out of Judaea into
Galilee, he went unto him, and befought him
that he would come down and heal his fon ;
for he was at the point of death. Then faid
Jefus unto him, Except ye fee iigns and won
ders, ye will not believe. The nobleman faith
unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
Jefus faith unto him, Go thy way, thy fon
liveth. And the man believed the word that
Jefus had fpoken unto him, and he went his
way. And, as he was now going down, his
fervants met him, and told him, faying, Thy
fon liveth. Then enquired he of them the
hour when he began to amend : and they faid
unto him, Yefterday at the feventh hour the
fever left him. So the father knew that it
was at the fame hour, in the which Jefus faid
unto him, Thy fon liveth ; and himfelf believ
ed, and his whole houfe. This is again the
fecond miracle that Jefus did, when he was
come out of Judaea into Galilee.

The two and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

The Collect.

LORD, we befeech thee to keep thy houf-
hold the Church in continual godlinefs ;
that through thy protection it may be free
from all adverfities, and devoutly given to
ferve thee in good works, to the glory of
thy Name; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

Tlie Epiftle. Phil. i. 3.

1 Thank my God upon every remembrance
of you, (always in every prayer of mine
for yovi all making requeft with joy,) for your
fellowftiip in the Gofpel from the firft day un
til now ; being confident of this veiy thing,
that he who hath begun a good work in you
will perform it until the day of Jefus Chrift ;
even as it is meet for me to think this of you
all, becaufe I have you in my heart, inafmuch
as both in my bonds, and in the defence and
confirmation of the Gofpel, ye all are par
takers of my grace. For God is my record,
how greatly I long after you all in the bowels
of Jefus Chrift. And this I pray, that your
love may abound yet more and more in know
ledge, and in all judgement : that ye may ap
prove things that are excellent, that ye may
be fincere, and without offence, till the day of
Chrift : being filled with the fruits of right-
eoufnefs, which are by Jefus Chrift, unto the
glory and praife of God.

The two and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

The Go/pel St. Matth. xviii. 21.

PETER faid unto Jefus, Lord, how oft
fliall my brother fin againft me, and I
forgive him ? till feven times ? Jefus faith un
to him, I fay not unto thee, until feven times;
but until feven ty times feven. Therefore is
the Kingdom of heaven likened unto a cer
tain king, which would take account of his
fervants. And when he had begun to reckon,
one was brought unto him, which owed him
ten thoufand talents. But forafmuch as he had
not to pay, his lord commanded him to be
fold, and his wife and children, and all that
he had, and payment to be made. The fer-
vant therefore fell down and worftiipped him,
faying, Lord, have patience with me, and I
will pay thee all. Then the lord of that fer-
vant was moved with compaffion, and loof-
ed him, and forgave him the debt. But the
fame fervant went out, and found one of his
fellow-fervants, which owed him an hundred
pence; and he laid hands 011 him, and took
him by the throat, faying, Pay me that thou
oweft. And his fellow-fervant fell down at
his feet, and befought him, faying, Have pa
tience with me, and I will pay thee all. And
he would not ; but went and caft him into
prifon, till he fhould pay the debt. So when
his fellow-fervants faw what was done, they
were very forry, and came and told unto their

The three and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

lord all that was done. Then his lord, after
that he had called him, faid unto him, O thou
wicked fervant, I forgave thee all that debt,
becaule thou defiredft me : fhouldeft not thou
alfo have had compaffion on thy fellow-fer-
vant, even as I had pity on thee ? And his
lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tor
mentors, till he fhould pay all that was due
unto him. So like wife fhall my heavenly Fa
ther do alfo unto you, if ye from your hearts
forgive not every one his brother their tref-
palfes.

The three and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

The ColleSt.

OGod, our refuge and ftrength, who art
the author of all godlinefs ; Be ready,
we befeech thee, to hear the devout prayers
of thy Church ; and grant that thofe things
which we afk faithfully we may obtain ef-
fe&ually ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

TheEpiJlle. Phil. iii. 17.

BRETHREN, be followers together of
me, and mark them which walk fo as ye
have us for an enfample. (For many walk, of
whom I have told you often, and now tell you
even weeping, that they are the enemies of
the crofs of Chrift ; whofe end is deftru&ion,

Tlie three and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

whofe god is their belly, and whofe glory is in
their fhame, who mind earthly things.) For
our converfation is in heaven ; from whence
alfo we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jefus
Chrift ; who (hall change our vile body, that it
may be faftiioned like unto his glorious body,
according to the working whereby he is able
even to fubdue all things unto himfelf.

The Go/pel St. Matth. xxii. 15.

THEN went the Pharifees and took coun-
fel how they might entangle him in his
talk. And they fent out unto him their dif-
ciples, with the Herodians, faying, Mailer, we
know that thou art true, and teacheft the way
of God in truth, neither careft thou for any
man : for thou regarded not the perfon of
men. Tell us therefore, What thinkeft thou?
Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caefar, or not?
But Jefus perceived their wickednefs, and
faid, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? fhew
me the tribute-money. And they brought
unto him a peny. And he faith unto them,
Whofe is this image and fuperfcription? They
fay unto him, Csefar's. Then faith he unto
them, Render therefore unto Caefar the things
which are Csefar's ; and unto God the things
that are God's. When they had heard thefe
words, they marvelled, and left him, and went
their way.

The four and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

Tlie Collect.

OLord, we befeech thee, abfolve thy peo
ple from their offences ; that through
thy bountiful goodnefs we may all be deliver
ed from the bands of thofe fins, which by our
frailty we have committed : Grant this, O hea
venly Father, for Jefus Chrift's fake, our bleff-
ed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

The Epijlle. Col. i. 3.

WE give thanks to God and the Father of
our Lord Jefus Chrift, praying always
for you, fince we heard of your faith in Chrift
Jefus, and of the love which ye have to all
the faints ; for the hope which is laid up for
you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the
word of the truth of the Gofpel; which is
come unto you, as it is in all the world, and
bringeth forth fruit, as it doth alfo in you,
fince the day ye heard of it, and knew the
grace of God in truth. As ye alfo learned
of Epaphras, our dear fellow-fervant, who
is for you a faithful minifter of Chrift ; who
alfo declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
For this caufe we alfo, fince the day we heard
it, do not ceafe to pray for you, and to defire
that ye might be filled with the knowledge of
his will in all wifdom and fpiritual underftand-
ing : that ye might walk worthy of the Lord
unto all pleafing, being fruitful in eveiy good
work, and increafing in the knowledge of God;

The four and twentieth Sunday of ter Irinity.

ftrengthened with all might, according to his
glorious power, unto all patience and long-
fuffering with joyfulnefs ; giving thanks unto
the Father, which hath made us meet to be
partakers of the inheritance of the faints in
light.

Tlie Go/pel. St. Matth. ix. 18.

WHILE Jefus fpake thefe things unto
John's difciples, behold, there came a
certain ruler, and worihipped him, faying, My
daughter is even now dead ; but come and lay
thy hand upon her, and fhe fhall live. And
Jefus arofe, and followed him, and fo did his
difciples. (And behold, a woman, which was
difeafed with an iffue of blood twelve years,
came behind him, and touched the hem of
his garment ; for (he faid within herfelf, If I
may but touch his garment, I fhall be whole.
But Jefus turned him about, and, when he
faw her, he faid, Daughter, be of good com
fort, thy faith hath made thee whole. And
the woman was made whole from that hour.)
And when Jefus came into the ruler's houfe,
and faw the minftrels and the people making
a noife, he faid unto them, Give place; for
the maid is not dead, but fleepeth. And they
laughed him to fcorn. But when the people
were put forth, he went in, and took her by
the hand, and the maid arofe. And the fame
hereof went abroad into all that land.

The Jive and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

I The Collet.

STIR up, we befeech thee, O Lord, the
wills of thy faithful people; that they,
plenteoufly bringing forth the fruit of good
works, may of thee be plenteoufly rewarded ;
through Jefus Chrifl our Lord. Amen.

For the Epi/lle. Jer. xxiii. 5.

BEHOLD, the days come, faith the Lord,
that I will raife unto David a righteous
Branch, and a King fhall reign, and profper,
and fhall execute judgement and juftice in
the earth. In his days Judah fhall be faved,
and Ifrael fhall dwell fafely : and this is his
Name whereby he fhall be called, THE
LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. There
fore behold, the days come, faith the Lord,
that they fhall no more fay, The Lord liveth,
which brought up the children of Ifrael out
of the land of Egypt ; but, The Lord liveth,
which brought up, and which led the feed of
the houfe of Ifrael out of the north-country,
and from all countries whither I had driven
them ; and they fhall dwell in their own land.

I The Go/pel. St. John vi. 5.

V¥THEN Jefus then lift up his eyes, and

faw a great company come unto him,

he faith unto Philip, Whence fhall we buy

bread that thefe may eat ? (And this he faid

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The Jive and twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

to prove him ; for he himfelf knew what he
would do.) Philip anfwered him, Two hun
dred peny- worth of bread is not fufficient for
them, that every one of them may take a
little. One of his difciples, Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother, faith unto him, There is a lad
here, which hath five barley-loaves, and two
fmall fifties ; but what are they among fo
many ? And Jefus faid, Make the men fit
down. Now there was much grafs in the
place. So the men fat down, in number about
five thoufand. And Jefus took the loaves,
and, when he had given thanks, he diftri-
buted to the difciples, and the difciples to
them that were fet down, and likewife of the
fifties, as much as they would. When they
were filled, he faid unto his difciples, Gather
up the fragments that remain, that nothing
be loft. Therefore they gathered them toge
ther, and filled twelve bafkets with the frag
ments of the five barley-loaves, which re
mained over and above unto them that had
eaten. Then thofe men, when they had feen
the miracle that Jefus did, faid, This is of a
truth that Prophet that ftiould come into the
world.

5T If there be anymore Sundays before Advent-Sunday, the Service of some of
those Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany shall be taken in to
supply so many as are here wanting. And if there be fewer, the overplus may
be omitted : Provided that this last Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall always
be used upon the Sunday next before Advent.

Saint Andrew's Day.

The Collect.

A LMIGHTY God, who didft give fuch
-fV grace unto thy holy Apoftle Saint An
drew, that he readily obeyed the calling of
thy Son Jefus Chrift, and followed him with
out delay; Grant unto us all, that we, being
called by thy holy Word, may forthwith give
up ourfelves obediently to fulfil thy holy com
mandments; through the fame Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

The Epi/lle. Rom. x. 9.

JF thou lhalt confefs with thy mouth the
Lord Jefus, and (halt believe in thine
heart that God hath raifed him from the dead,
thou lhalt be faved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteoufnefs, and with the
mouth confeffion is made unto falvation. For
the Scripture faith, Whofoever believeth on
him (hall not be afliamed. For there is no
difference between the Jew and the Greek :
for thq, fame Lord over all is rich unto all
that call upon him. For whofoever (hall call
upon the N ame of the Lord (hall be faved.
How then (hall they call on him, in whom they
have not believed? And how (hall they believe
in him, of whom they have not heard ? And
how (hall they hear without a preacher ? And
how (hall they preach, except they be fent ?
As it is written, How beautiful are the feet
of them that preach the Gofpel of peace, and

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bring glad tidings of good things ! But they
have not all obeyed the Gofpel. For Efaias
faith, Lord, who hath believed our report ?
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hear
ing by the Word of God. But I fay, Have
they not heard? Yes verily, their found went
into all the earth, and their words unto the
ends of the world. But I fay, Did not Ifrael
know? Firft Mofes faith, I will provoke you
to jealoufy by them that are no people, and
by a foolilh nation I will anger you. But
Efaias is very bold, and faith, I was found of
them that fought me not ; I was made ma-
nifeft unto them that alked not after me. But
to Ifrael he faith, All day long I have ftretch-
ed forth my hands unto a difobedient and
gainfaying people.

The Gofpel St. Matth. iv. 18.

JESUS, walking by the fea of Galilee, faw
two brethren, Simon called Peter, and
Andrew his brother, calling a net into the
fea, (for they were fifhers ;) and he faith unto
them, Follow me; and I will make you fiftiers
of men. And they ftraightway left their nets,
and followed him. And going on from thence
he faw other two brethren, James the fon of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a fhip with
Zebedee their father, mending their nets ; and
he called them. And they immediately left the
fliip and their father, and followed him.

Saint Thomas the Apoftle.

The Collect.

A LMIGHTY and everliving God, who for
-f^- the more confirmation of the faith didft
fuffer thy holy Apoftle Thomas to be doubt
ful in thy Son's refurredlion ; Grant us fo per-
fe<ftly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy
Son Jefus Chrift, that our faith in thy fight
may never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord,
through the fame Jefus Chrift, to whom, with
thee and the Holy Ghoft, be all honour and
glory, now and for evermore. Amen.

Vie Epiftle. Ephef. ii. 19.

NOW therefore ye are no more ftrangers
and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with
the faints, and of the houlhold of God ; and
are built upon the foundation of the Apoftles
and Prophets, Jefus Chrift himfelf being the
chief corner-ftone ; in whom all the building,
fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy
temple in the Lord; in whom ye alfo are
builded together for an habitation of God,
through the Spirit.

The Go/pel. St. John xx. 24.

THOMAS, one of the twelve, called Didy-
mus, was not with them when Jefus
came. The other difciples therefore faid unto
him, We have feen the Lord. But he faid
mito them, Except I (hall fee in his hands
the print of the nails, and put my finger into

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The Converfion of Saint Paul.

the print of the nails, and thruft my hand
into his fide, I will not believe. And after
eight days again his difciples were within,
and Thomas with them : then came Jefus, the
doors being fhut, and flood in the midft, and
faid, Peace be unto you. Then faith he to
Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold
my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and
thruft it into my fide; and be not faithlefs, but
believing. And Thomas anfwered and faid
unto him, My Lord, and my God. Jefus faith
unto him, Thomas, becaufe thou haft feen me,
thou haft believed ; bleffed are they that have
not feen, and yet have believed. And many
other figns truly did Jefus in the prefence of
his difciples, which are not written in this
book. But thefe are written, that ye might
believe that Jefus is the Chrift, the Son of
God ; and that believing ye might have life
through his Name.

The Converjion of Saint Paul.

Tfie Collect.

OGod, who, through the preaching of the
bleffed Apoftle Saint Paul, haft caufed
the -light of the Gofpel to fliine throughout
the world ; Grant, we befeech thee, that we,
having his wonderful converfion in remem
brance, may fhew forth our thankfulnefs unto

The Converjion of Saint Paul.

thee for the fame, by following the holy doc
trine which he taught ; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

For the Epi/lle. A6ts ix. 1.

AN D Saul, yet breathing out threatenings
and flaughter againft the difciples of the
Lord, went unto the high prieft, and defired
of him letters to Damafcus to the fynagogues,
that, if he found any of this way, whether
they were men or women, he might bring
them bound unto Jerufalem. And, as he jour
neyed, he came near Damafcus, and fuddenly
there fhined round about him a light from
heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard
a voice faying unto him, Saul, Saul, why per-
fecuteft thou me? And he faid, Who art
thou, Lord ? And the Lord faid, I am Jefus
whom thou perfecuteft : it is hard for thee to
kick againft the pricks. And he, trembling
and aftonifhed, faid, Lord, what wilt thou
have me to do? And the Lord faid unto
him, Arife, and go into the city, and it (hall
be told thee what thou muft do. And the
men which journeyed with him flood fpeech-
lefs, hearing a voice, but feeing no man. And
Saul arofe from the earth, and when his eyes
were opened he faw no man ; but they led
him by the hand, and brought him into Da
mafcus. And he was three days without fight

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and neither did eat nor drink. And there
was a certain difciple at Damafcus, named
Ananias, and to him faid the Lord in a vifion,
Ananias. And he faid, Behold, I am here, j
Lord. And the Lord faid unto him, Arife, [
and go into the ftreet which is called Straight, \
and enquire in the houfe of Judas for one
called Saul, of Tarfus : for behold, he pray- I
eth, and hath feen in a vifion a man named
Ananias, coming in, and putting his hand on
him, that he might receive his fight. Then
Ananias anfwered, Lord, I have heard by
many of this man, how much evil he hath
done to thy faints at Jerufalem ; and here he
hath authority from the chief priefts to bind
all that call on thy Name. But the Lord faid
unto him, Go thy way ; for he is a chofen vef-
fel unto me, to bear my Name before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the children of If-
rael : for I will (hew him how great things
he muft fuffer for my Name's fake. And A-
nanias went his way, and entered into the
houfe ; and, putting his hands on him, faid,
Brother Saul, the Lord, (even Jefus that ap
peared unto thee in the way as thou cameft,)
hath fent me, that thou mighteft receive thy
fight, and be filled with the holy Ghoft. And
immediately there fell from his eyes as it had
been fcales ; and he received fight forthwith,
and arofe, and was baptized. And when he had

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received meat, he was ftrengthened. Then
was Saul certain days with the difciples which
were at Damafcus. And ftraightway he
preached Chrift in the fynagogues, that he
is the Son of God. But all that heard him
were amazed, and faid, Is not this he that
deftroyed them which called on this Name in
Jerufalem, and came hither for that intent,
that he might bring them bound unto the
chief priefts ? But Saul increafed the more
in ftrength, and confounded the Jews which
dwelt at Damafcus, proving that this is very
Chrift.

Tlie Go/pel St. Matth xix. 27.

PETER anfwered and faid unto Jefus,
Behold, we have forfaken all, and fol
lowed thee; what fhall we have therefore?
And Jefus faid unto them, Verily I fay unto
you, That ye which have followed me, in the
regeneration when the Son of man fhall fit
iir the throne of his glory, ye alfo Ihall fit up
on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes
of Ifrael. And every one that hath forfaken
houfes, or brethren, or lifters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my
Name's fake, fhall receive an hundred-fold,
and fhall inherit everlafting life. But many
that are firft fhall be laft, and the laft fhalJ
be firft.

The Purification of Saint Mary.

The Prefentation ofChrift in the Temple, com
monly called, The Purification of Saint Mary
the Virgin.

The Collect.

A LMIGHTY and everliving God, we
/I- humbly befeech thy Majefty, that, as thy
only-begotten Son was this day prefented in
the temple in fubftance of our flefh, fo we may
be prefented unto thee with pure and clean
hearts, by the fame thy Son Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

For the Epiftle. Mai. iii. 1 .

j. I/

BEHOLD, I will fend my meflenger, and
he fliall prepare the way before me : and
the Lord, whom ye feek, fhall fuddenly come
to his temple ; even the meflenger of the co
venant, whom ye delight in ; behold, he fliall
come, faith the Lord of hofts. But who may
abide the day of his coming ? and who fliall
ftand when he appeareth? for he is like a
refiner's fire, and like fullers' foap. And he
fliall fit as a refiner and purifier of filver; and
he fliall purify the fons of Levi, and purge
them as gold and filver, that they may offer
unto the Lord an offering in righteoufnefs.
Then fliall the offerings of Judah and Jeru-
falem be pleafant unto the Lord, as in the
days of old, and as in former years. And I
will come near to you to judgement, and I will
be a fwift witnefs againft the forcerers, and

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againft the adulterers, and againft falfe fwear-
ers, and againft thofe that opprefs the hireling
in his wages, the widow, and the fatherlefs,
and that turn afide the ftranger from his right,
and fear not me, faith the Lord of hofts.

Tlie Go/pel. St. Luke ii. 22.^ <^

AND when the days of her purification,
according to the Law of Mofes, were
accomplifhed, they brought him to Jerufalem,
to preient him to the Lord; (as it is written
in the Law of the Lord, Eveiy male that
openeth the womb ftiall be called holy to the
Lord ;) and to offer a facrifice, according to
that which is faid in the Law of the Lord, A
pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.
And behold, there was a man in Jerufalem,
whofe name was Symeon ; and the fame man
was juft and devout, waiting for the confo-
lation of Ifrael : and the Holy Ghoft was up
on him. And it was revealed unto him by
the Holy Ghoft. that he fliould not fee death,
before he had feen the Lord's Chrift. And
he came by the Spirit into the temple ; and
when the parents brought in the child Jefus,
to do for him after the cuftom of the Law,
then took he him up in his arms, and blefled
God, and faid, Lord, now letteft thou thy fer-
vant depart in peace, according to thy word :
for mine eyes have feen thy falvation, which
thou haft prepared before the face of all peo-

Saint Matthias's Day.

pie; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the
glory of thy people Ifrael. And Jofeph and
his mother marvelled at thofe things which
were fpoken of him. And Symeon blefled
them, and faid unto Mary his mother, Be
hold, this child is let for the fall and rifing
again of many in Ifrael ; and for a fign which
ftiall be fpoken againft; (yea, a fword (hall
pierce through thy own foul alfo ;) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
And there was one Anna a prophetefs, the
daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Afer ;
fhe was of a great age, and had lived with
an huftmnd feven years from her virginity :
and fhe was a widow of about fourfcore and
four years ; which departed not from the tem
ple, but ferved God with failings and prayers
night and day. And flie coming in that in-
ftant gave thanks likewife unto the Lord, and
fpake of him to all them that looked for re
demption in Jerufalem. And when they had
performed all things according to the law of
the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their
own city Nazareth. And the child grew, and
waxed ftrong in fpirit, filled with wifdom ; and
the grace of God was upon him.

Saint Matthias's Day.

The Collect.

Almighty God, who into the place of
the traitor Judas didft choofe thy faithful

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Saint Matthias's Day.

fervant Matthias to be of the number of the
twelve Apoftles ; Grant that thy Church, be
ing alway preferred from falfe Apoftles, may
be ordered and guided by faithful and true
paftors ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. A-
men.

For the Epijlle. A6ts i. 15.

IN thofe days Peter flood up in the midft
of the difciples, and faid, (the number of
the names together were about an hundred
and twenty,) Men and brethren, this Scrip
ture muft needs have been fulfilled, which the
Holy Ghoft by the mouth of David fpake be
fore concerning Judas, which was guide to
them that took Jefus : for he was numbered
with us, and had obtained part of this min-
iftry. Now this man purchafed a field with
the reward of iniquity ; and falling headlong
he burft afunder in the midft, and all his bow
els gufhed out. And it was known unto all
the dwellers at Jerufalem, infomuch as that
field is called in their proper tongue, Acelda
ma, that is to fay, The field of blood. For it
is written in the book of Pfalms, Let his ha
bitation be defolate, and let no man dwell
therein; and, His bifhoprick let another take.
Wherefore, of thefe men which have com-
panied with us all the time that the Lord
Jefus went in and out among us, beginning
from the baptifm of John, unto that fame day

Saint Matthias's Day.

that he was taken up from us, muft one be
ordained to be a witnefs with us of his re-
furrecftion. And they appointed two, Jofeph
called Barfabas, who was furnamed Juftus,
and Matthias. And they prayed, and faid,
Thou, Lord, which knoweft the hearts of all
men, fhew whether of thefe two thou haft
chofen ; that he may take part of this min-
iftry and apoftlelhip, from which Judas by
tranfgreffion fell, that he might go to his own
place. And they gave forth their lots ; and
the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was num
bered with the eleven Apoftles.

The Gofpel St. Matth. xi. 25.

AT that time Jefus anfwered and faid, I
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven
and earth, becaufe thou haft hid thefe things
from the wife and prudent, and haft revealed
them unto babes. Even fo, Father, for fo it
feemed good in thy fight. All things are de
livered unto me of my Father : and no man
knoweth the Son, but the Father ; neither
knoweth any man the Father, fave the Son,
and he to whomfoever the Son will reveal
him. Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you reft.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ;
for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye
(hall find reft unto your fouls. For my yoke
is eafy, and my burden is light.

Tlie Annunciation of the Ueffed Virgin Mary.

TJie CotteSI.'* ;' - n ^ M

WE befeech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace
into our hearts ; that, as we have known
the incarnation of thy Son Jefus Chrift by the
meffage of an angel, fo by his crofs and paf-
fion we may be brought unto the glory of his
refurre&ion ; through the fame Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

For the Epiftle. Ifaiah vii. 10.

MOREOVER, the Lord fpake again unto
Ahaz, faying, Afk thee a fign of the
Lord thy God; alk it either in the depth, or
in the height above. But Ahaz faid, I will
not alk, neither will I tempt the Lord. And
he faid, Hear ye now, O houfe of David; Is
it a finall thing for you to weaiy men, but
will ye weary my God alfo ? Therefore the
Lord himfelf Ihall give you a fign ; Behold, a
Virgin fhall conceive, and bear a fon, and
Ihall call his name Immanuel. Butter and
honey fhall he eat, that he may know to re-
fufe the evil, and choofe the good.

The Gofpel St. Luke i. 26.

AND in the fixth month the angel Gabriel
was fent from God unto a city of Gali
lee named Nazareth, to a Virgin efpoufed to
a man whofe name was Jofeph, of the houfe
of David; and the Virgin's name was Maiy.

The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.

And the angel came in unto her, and faid,
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord
is with thee ; blefled art thou among women.
And when ihe faw him ftie was troubled at
his faying, and caft in her mind what manner
of falutation this fliould be. And the angel
faid unto her, Fear not, Mary ; for thou haft
found favour with God. And behold, thou
(halt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth
a Son, and flialt call his name JESUS. He
(hall be great, and (hall be called the Son of
the Higheft; and the Lord God (hall give
unto him the throne of his father David. And
he (hall reign over the houfe of Jacob for
ever ; and of his kingdom there (hall be no
end. Then faid Mary unto the angel, How
(hall this be, feeing I know not a man ? And
the angel anfwered and faid unto her, The
Holy Ghoft (hall come upon thee, and the
power of the Higheft (hall overfliadow thee :
therefore alfo that holy thing which (hall be
born of thee (hall be called the Son of God.
And behold, thy coufin Elizabeth, (he hath
alfo conceived a fon in her old age ; and this
is the fixth month with her who was called
barren : for with God nothing (hall be im-
poffible. And Mary faid, Behold the hand
maid of the Lord ; be it unto me according
to thy word. And the angel departed from
her.

Saint Mark's Day.

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O Almighty God, who haft inftrucfted thy
holy Church with the heavenly docftrine
of thy Evangelift Saint Mark ; Give us grace,
that, being not like children carried away
with every blaft of vain docftrine, we may be
eftabliihed in the truth of thy holy Gofpel ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
The Epiftle. Ephef. iv. 7-

UNTO every one of us is given grace,
according to the meafure of the gift of
Chrift. Wherefore he faith, When he afcend
ed up on high, he led captivity captive, and
gave gifts unto men. (Now that he afcended,
what is it but that he alfo defcended firft into
the lower parts of the earth ? He that de
fcended is the fame alfo that afcended up far
above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
And he gave fome Apoftles, and fome Pro
phets, and fome Evangelifts, and fome Paftors
and Teachers ; for the perfecting of the faints,
for the work of the miniftry, for the edifying
of the body of Chrift ; till we all come in the
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
meafure of the ftature of the fulnefs of Chrift;
that we henceforth be no more children, toff-
ed to and fro, and carried about with every
wind of dodhine, by the fleight of men, and
cunning craftinefs, whereby they lie in wait

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to deceive ; but fpeaking the truth in love,
may grow up into him in all things, which is
the head, even Chrift : from whom the whole
body fitly joined together, and compared by
that which every joint fupplieth, according to
the effedtual working in the meafure of every
part, maketh increafe of the body, unto the
edifying of itfelf in love.

The Go/pel. St. John xv. 1.

IAm the true vine, and my Father is the
hulbandman. Every branch in me that
beareth not fruit he taketh away ; and every
branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that
it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are
clean through the word which I have fpoken
unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As
the branch cannot bear fruit of itfelf, except
it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except
ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the
branches. He that abideth in me, and I in
him, the fame bringeth forth much fruit ; for
without me ye can do nothing. If a man
abide not in me, he is caft forth as a branch,
and is withered; and men gather them, and
caft them into the fire, and they are burned.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in
you, ye ihall afk what ye will, and it (hall be
done unto you. Herein is my Father glori
fied, that ye bear much fruit ; fo fhall ye be
my difciples. As the Father hath loved me,

Saint Philip and Saint James's Day.

fo have I loved you : continue ye in my love.
If ye keep my commandments, ye ftiall abide
in my love; even as I have kept my Father's
commandments, and abide in his love. Thefe
things have I fpoken unto you, that my joy
might remain in you, and that your joy might
be full.

Saint Philip and Saint James's Day.

O Almighty God, whom truly to know is
everlafting life; Grant us perfedtly to
know thy Son Jefus Chrift to be the way, the
truth, and the life; that, following the fteps
of thy holy Apoftles, Saint Philip and Saint
James, we may ftedfaftly walk in the way that
leadeth to eternal life ; through the fame thy
Son Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Epiftle. St. James i. 1 .

JAMES, a fervant of God and of the Lord
Jefus Chrift, to the twelve tribes which
are fcattered abroad, greeting. My brethren,
count it all joy when ye fall into divers temp
tations ; knowing this, that the trying of your

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faith worketh patience. But let patience have
her perfect work, that ye may be perfedl and
entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack
wifdom, let him afk of God, that giveth to all
men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it (hall
be given him. But let him afk in faith, nothing

Saint Philip and Saint James's Day.

wavering; for he that wavereth is like a wave
of the fea, driven with the wind, and tofled.
For let not that man think that he fliall re
ceive any thing of the Lord. A double-
minded man is unftable in all his ways. Let
the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is
exalted; but the rich in that he is made low;
becaufe as the flower of the grafs he fhall
pafs away. For the fun is no fooner rifen
with a burning heat, but it withereth the
grafs, and the flower thereof falleth, and the
grace of the faftiion of it periflieth: fo alfo
fliall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Blefled is the man that endureth temptation;
for when he is tried, he fliall receive the crown
of life, which the Lord hath promifed to them
that love him.

The Go/pel. St. John xiv. 1.

AN D Jefus faid unto his difciples, Let not
your heart be troubled; ye believe in
God, believe alfo in me. In my Father's houfe
are many manfions ; if it were not fo, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for
you : and if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto my-
felf, that where I am, there ye may be alfo.
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye
know. Thomas faith unto him, Lord, we
know not whither thou goeft, and how can
we know the way ? Jefus faith unto him, I

Saint Barnabas the Apoftle.

am the way, the truth, and the life : no man
cometh unto the Father but by me. If ye
had known me, ye fhould have known my
Father alfo : and from henceforth ye know
him, and have feen him. Philip faith unto
him, Lord, fhew us the Father, and it fufficeth
us. Jefus faith unto him, Have I been fo
long time with you, and yet haft thou not
known me, Philip? He that hath feen me
hath feen the Father; and how fayeft thou
then, Shew us the Father ? Believeft thou not
that I am in the Father, and the Father in
me? The words that I fpeak unto you I fpeak
not of myfelf ; but the Father that dwelleth in
me, he doeth the works. Believe me, that I
am in the Father, and the Father in me ; or
elfe believe me for the veiy works' fake. Ve
rily, verily I fay unto you, He that believeth
on me, the works that I do (hall he do alfo;
and greater works than thefe (hall he do ; be-
caufe I go unto my Father. And whatfoever
ye (hall a(k in my Name, that will I do, that
the Father may be glorified iri the Son. If
ye (hall a(k any thing in my Name, I will
do it.

Saint Barnabas the Apojlle.

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OLord God Almighty, who didft endue
thy holy Apoftle Barnabas with fingular

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Saint Barnabas the Apoftle.

of the Holy Ghoft ; Leave us not, we
befeech thee, deftitute of thy manifold gifts,
nor yet of grace to ufe them alway to thy
honour and glory ; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

For the Epiflle. A6ts xi. 22.

TIDINGS of thefe things came unto the
ears of the Church which was in Jeru-
falem ; and they fent forth Barnabas, that he
fliould go as far as Antioch. Who, when he
came, and had feen the grace of God, was
glad ; and exhorted them all, that with pur-
pofe of heart they would cleave unto the
Lord. For he was a good man, and full of
the holy Ghoft, and of faith : and much peo
ple was added unto the Lord. Then depart
ed Barnabas to Tarfus, for to feek Saul. And
when he had found him, he brought him
unto Antioch. And it came to pafs, that a
whole year they affembled themfelves with
the Church, and taught much people ; and
the difciples were called Chriftians firft in An
tioch. And in thefe days came prophets from
Jerufalem unto Antioch. And there flood up
one of them named Agabus, and iignified by
the Spirit, that there fhould be great dearth
throughout all the world ; which came to
pafs in the days of Claudius Caefar. Then the
difciples, every man according to his ability,
determined to fend relief unto the brethren

Saint John Bapti/fs Day.

which dwelt in Judaea. Which alfo they did,
and fent it to the elders by the hands of Bar
nabas and Saul.

The Go/pel. St. John xv. 12.

THIS is my commandment, That ye love
one another, as I have loved you. Great
er love hath no man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends. Ye are my
friends, if ye do whatfoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not fervants ; for the
fervant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but
I have called you friends ; for all things that
I have heard of my Father I have made
known unto you. Ye have not chofen me,
but I have chofen you, and ordained you,
that ye fliould go and bring forth fruit, and
that your fruit fliould remain : that whatfo
ever ye fliall afk of the Father in my Name,
he may give it you.

Saint John Baptifts Day.

, The Colle&t.

A LMIGHTY God, by whofe providence
-£-*• thy fervant John Baptift was wonder
fully born, and fent to prepare the way of
thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repent
ance ; Make us fo to follow his do6lrine and
holy life, that we may truly repent according
to his preaching ; and after his example con-
ftantly fpeak the truth, boldly rebuke vice,

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Saint John Baptijfs Day.

and patiently fuffer for the truth's fake ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
For the Epijlle. Ifaiah xl. 1.

COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people,
faith your God. Speak ye comfortably
to Jerufalem, and ciy unto her, That her war
fare is accompliihed ; that her iniquity is par
doned : for ihe hath received of the Lord's
hand double for all her fins. The voice of
him that crieth in the wildernefs, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make ftraight in the
clefert a high-way for our God. Every valley
(hall be exalted, and every mountain and hill
fhall be made low, and the crooked fhall be
made ftraight, and the rough places plain.
And the glory of the Lord fhall be revealed,
and all flefh lhall fee it together : for the
mouth of the Lord hath fpoken it. The voice
faid,Cry. And he faid, What fhall I cry? All
flefh is grafs, and all the goodlinefs thereof is
as the flower of the field. The grafs wither-
eth, the flower fadeth, becaufe the Spirit of
the Lord bloweth upon it: furely the peo
ple is grafs. The grafs withereth, the flower
fadeth ; but the word of our God fhall ftand
for ever. O Zion, that bringeft good tidings,
get thee up into the high mountain : O Je
rufalem, that bringeft good tidings, lift up thy
voice with ftrength ; lift it up, be not afraid:
fay unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God.

Saint John Baptijfs Day.

Behold, the Lord God will come with ftrong
hand, and his arm (hall rule for him : behold,
his reward is with him, and his work before
him. He ftiall feed his flock like a ihepherd ;
he lhall gather the lambs with his arm, and
carry them in his bofom, and lhall gently lead
thofe that are with young.

The Go/pel St. Luke i. 57.

T^LISABETH's full time came that (he
t-J fliould be delivered; and (he brought
forth a fon. And her neighbours and her
coufins heard how the Lord had fhewed great
mercy upon her ; and they rejoiced with her.
And it came to pafs, that on the eighth day
they came to circumcife the child ; and they
called him Zacharias, after the name of his
father. And his mother anfwered and faid,
Not fo; but he fhall be called John. And
they faid unto her, There is none of thy kin
dred that is called by this name. And they
made ligns to his father, how he would have
him called. And he aiked for a writing-table,
and wrote, faying, His name is John. And
they marvelled all. And his mouth was open
ed immediately, and his tongue loofed, and
he fpake, and praifed God. And fear came
on all that dwelt round about them ; and all
thefe fayings were noifed abroad throughout
all the hill-country of Judaea. And all they

Saint John Bapti/fs Day.

that had heard them laid them up in their
hearts, faying, What manner of child fliall
this be ? And the hand of the Lord was with
him. And his father Zacharias was filled
with the holy Ghoft, and prophefied, faying,
Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael: for he
hath vifited and redeemed his people, and
hath raifed up an horn of falvation for us in
the houfe of his fervant David; as he fpake
by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have
been fince the world began ; that we ftiould
be faved from our enemies, and from the
hand of all that hate us ; to perform the mercy
promifed to our fathers, and to remember his
holy covenant ; the oath which he fware to
our father Abraham, that he would grant
unto us, that we, being delivered out of the
hands of our enemies, might ferve him with
out fear, in holinefs and righteoufnefs before
him all the days of our life. And thou, Child,
(halt be called the Prophet of the Higheft :
for thou (halt go before the face of the Lord
to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of
falvation unto his people, by the remiffion of
their fins, through the tender mercy of our
God, whereby the day-fpring from on high
hath vifited us ; to give light to them that fit
in darknefs and in the fliadow of death, to
guide our feet into the way of peace. And
the child grew, and waxed ftrong in fpirit;

Saint Peter's Day.

and was in the deferts till the day of his
fhewing unto IfraeL

Saint Peter's Day.

Ttie Colledt. g&obi W*#

O Almighty God, who by thy Son Jefus
Chrift didft give to thy Apoftle Saint
Peter many excellent gifts, and command-
edft him earneftly to feed thy flock; Make,
we befeech thee, all Bilhops and Paftors dili
gently to preach thy holy Word, and the peo
ple obediently to follow the fame, that they
may receive the crown of everlafting glory ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.
For the Epi/lle. A6ls xii. 1 .

ABOUT that time Herod the king ftretch-
ed forth his hands to vex certain of the
Church. And he killed James the brother of
John with the fword. And, becaufe he faw it
pleafed the Jews, he proceeded further to
take Peter alfo. (Then were the days of un
leavened bread.) And when he had appre
hended him, he put him in prifon, and de
livered him to four quaternions of foldiers
to keep him, intending after Eafter to bring
him forth to the people. Peter therefore was
kept in prifon ; but prayer was made without
ceafing of the Church unto God for him. And
when Herod would have brought him forth,
the fame night Peter was fleeping between

Saint Peter's Day.

two foldiers, bound with two chains ; and the
keepers before the door kept the prifon. And
behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him,
and a light fhined in the prifon ; and he fmote
Peter on the fide, and raifed him up, faying,
Arife up quickly. And his chains fell off from
his hands. And the angel faid unto him, Gird
thyfelf, and bind on thy fandals : and fo he
did. And he faith unto him, Caft thy gar
ment about thee, and follow me. And he
went out and followed him ; and wift hot that
it was true which was done by the angel ;
but thought he faw a vifion. When they were
paft the firft and the fecond ward, they came
unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city,
which opened to them of his own accord;
and they went out, and paffed on through
one ftreet, and forthwith the angel departed
from him. And when Peter was come to
himfelf, he faid, Now I know of a furety, that
the Lord hath fent his angel, and hath deli
vered me out of the hand of Herod, and from j]
all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
The Go/pel. St. Matth. xvi. 13.

WHEN Jefus came into the coafts of j
Csefarea Philippi, he afked his difciples,
faying, Whom do men fay that I, the Son of
man, am ? And they faid, Some fay that thou
art John the Baptift, fome Elias, and others
Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He faith

Saint James the Apoftle.

unto them, But whom fay ye that I am? And
Simon Peter anfwered and faid, Thou art
Chrift, the Son of the living God. And Jefus
anfwered and faid unto him, Blefled art thou,
Simon Bar-jona: for flefh and blood hath not
revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is
in heaven. And I fay alfo unto thee, That
thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will
build my Church ; and the gates of hell (hall
not prevail againft it. And I will give unto
thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven : and
whatfoever thou (halt bind on earth ftiall be
bound in heaven ; and whatfoever thou lhalt
loofe on earth (hall be loofed in heaven.

Saint James the Apoftle.

The ColleSt. ^"

GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine
holy Apoftle Saint James, leaving his
father and all that he had, without delay was
obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jefus
Chrift, and followed him ; fo we, forfaking all
worldly and carnal affe6tions, may be ever
more ready to follow thy holy commandments;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

For the Epiftle. A6ls xi. 27, and part of

Chap. xii.

IN thofe days came prophets from Jerufa-
lem unto Antioch. And there ftood up
one of them named Agabus, and fignified by

Saint James the Apoftle.

the Spirit, that there ihould be great dearth
throughout all the world ; which came to pafs
in the days of Claudius Caefar. Then the dif-
ciples, eveiy man according to his ability, de
termined to fend relief unto the brethren
which dwelt in Judaea. Which alfo they did,
and fent it to the elders by the hands of Bar
nabas and SauL Now about that time He
rod the king ftretched forth his hands to vex
certain of the Church. And he killed James
the brother of John with the fword. And, be-
caufe he faw it pleafed the Jews, he proceed
ed further to take Peter alfo.

The Go/pel St. Matth. xx. 20.

THEN came to him the mother of Zebe-
dee's children with her fons, worfhipping
him, and defiring a certain thing of him. And
he faid unto her, What wilt thou ? She faith
unto him, Grant that thefe my two fons may
fit, the one on thy right hand, and the other
on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jefus an-
fwered and faid, Ye know not what ye alk.
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I (hall
drink of, and to be baptized with the baptifm
that I am baptized with? They fay unto him,
We are able. And he faith unto them, Ye
ihall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized
with the baptifm that I am baptized with : but
to fit on my right hand, and on my left, is
not mine to give; but it ihall be given to

Saint Bartholomew the Apoftle.

them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
And when the ten heard it, they were moved
with indignation againft the two brethren.
But Jefus called them unto him, and faid, Ye
know that the princes of the Gentiles exercife
dominion over them, and they that are great
exercife authority upon them. But it (hall
not be fo among you : but whofoever will be
great among you, let him be your minifter;
and whofoever will be chief among you, let
him be your fervant : even as the Son of man
came not to be miniftered unto, but to min
ifter, and to give his life a ranfom for many.

Saint Bartholomew the Apojlle.
;•* ;' The Collett.

O Almighty and everlafting God, who didft
give to thine Apoftle Bartholomew grace
truly to believe and to preach thy Word ;
Grant, we befeech thee, unto thy Church, to
love that Word which he believed, and both
to preach and receive the fame; through Je
fus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

For the Epijlle. Acfts v. 12.

BY the hands of the Apoftles were many
figns and wonders wrought among the
people : (and they were all with one accord in
Solomon's porch : and of the reft durft no
man join himfelf to them : but the people

Saint Bartholomew the Apojlle.

magnified them : and believers were the more
added to the Lord, multitudes both of men
and women :) infomuch that they brought
forth the fick into the ftreets, and laid them
on beds and couches, that at the leaft the
fhadow of Peter paffing by might overlhadow
fome of them. There came alfo a multitude
out of the cities round about unto Jerufalem,
bringing fick folks, and them which were
vexed with unclean fpirits ; and they were
healed every one.

The Go/pel. St. Luke xxii. 24.

AN D there was alfo a ftrife among them,
which of them (hould be accounted the
greateft. And he faid unto them, The kings
of the Gentiles exercife lordfhip over them ;
and they that exercife authority upon them
are called benefadlors. But ye fhall not be
fo : but he that is greateft among you, let him
be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he
that doth ferve. For whether is greater, he
that fitteth at meat, or he that ferveth ? is not
he that fitteth at meat? but I am among you
as he that ferveth. Ye are they which have
continued with me in my temptations. And
I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father
hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and
drink at my table in my kingdom, and fit on
thrones judging the twelve tribes of Ifrael.

Saint Matthew the Apojlle.

The Collect. *«?; r

O Almighty God, who by thy bleffed Son
didft call Matthew from the receipt of
cuftom to be an Apoftle and Evangelift; Grant
us grace to forfake all covetous defires, and
inordinate love of riches, and to follow the
fame thy Son Jefus Chrift, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghoft, one
God, world without end. Amen.

The Epi/lle. 2 Cor. iv. 1 .

nHHEREFORE feeing we have this min-
JL iftry, as we have received mercy, we faint
not ; but have renounced the hidden things
of diflionefty, not walking in craftinefs, nor
handling the Word of God deceitfully, but by
manifeftation of the truth commending our-
felves to every man's confcience in the fight
of God. But if our gofpel be hid, it is hid
to them that are loft : in whom the God of
this world hath blinded the minds of them
which believe not, left the light of the glo
rious Gofpel of Chrift, who is the image of
God, fhould fhine unto them. For we preach
not ourfelves, but Chrift Jefus the Lord ; and
ourfelves your fervants for Jefus' fake. For
God, who commanded the light to fhine out
of darknefs, hath fliined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God, in the face of Jefus Chrift,

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Saint Michael and all Angels.

The Go/pel. St. Matth. ix. 9.

AND as Jefus pafled forth from thence,
he faw a man named Matthew, fitting at
the receipt of cuftom : and he faith unto him,
Follow me. And he arofe, and followed him.
And it came to pafs, as Jefus fat at meat in
the houfe, behold, many Publicans and finners
came, and fat down with him and his dif-
ciples. And when the Pharifees faw it, they
faid unto his difciples, Why eateth your Maf-
ter with Publicans and finners ? JBut when
Jefus heard that, he faid unto them, They
that be whole need not a phyfician, but they
that are fick. But go ye and learn what that
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not facrifice;
for I am not come to call the righteous, but
finners to repentance.

Saint Michael and all Angels.

The ColleSt. •

OEverlafting God, who hail ordained and
conftituted the fervices of Angels and
men in a wonderful order ; Mercifully grant,
that as thy holy Angels alway do thee fer-
vice in heaven, fo by thy appointment th<
may fuccour and defend us 011 earth ; throuj
Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

For the Epijile. Rev. xii. 7.

THERE was war in heaven : Michael and
his angels fought againft the dragon, and

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Saint Michael and all Angels.

the dragon fought and his angels ; and pre
vailed not, neither was their place found any
more in heaven. And the great dragon was
caft out, that old ferpent, called the devil and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world ; he
was caft out into the earth, and his angels
were caft out with him. And I heard a loud
voice faying in heaven, Now is come falva-
tion, and ftrength, and the kingdom of our
God, and the power of his Chrift : for the ac-
cufer of our brethren is caft down, which ac-
cufed them before our God day and night. And
they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their teftimony ; and they
loved not their lives unto the death. There
fore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in
them. Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, and
of the fea : for the devil is come down unto
you, having great wrath, becaufe he knoweth
that he hath but a fhort time.

The Gofpel St. Matth. xviii. 1.

AT the fame time came the difciples unto
Jefus, faying, Who is the greateft in the
Kingdom of heaven ? And Jefus called a
little child unto him, and fet him in the midft
of them, and faid, Verily I fay unto you, Ex
cept ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye fliall not enter into the Kingdom
of heaven. Whofoever therefore (hall humble

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Saint Luke the Evangelift.

himfelf as this little child, the fame is greateft
in the Kingdom of heaven. And whofo (hall
receive one fuch little child in my Name, re-
ceiveth me. But whofo fhall offend one of
thefe little ones which believe in me, it were
better for him that a milftone were hanged
about his neck, and that he were drowned in
the depth of the fea. Wo unto the world be-
caufe of offences : for it muft needs be that
offences come : but wo to that man by whom
the offence cometh. Wherefore if thy hand
or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and caft
them from thee : it is better for thee to en
ter into life halt or maimed, rather than hav
ing two hands or two feet to be caft into
everlafting fire. And if thine eye offend thee,
pluck it out, and caft it from thee : it is bet
ter for thee to enter into life with one eye, ra
ther than having two eyes to be caft into hell-
fire. Take heed that ye defpife not one of
thefe little ones ; for I fay unto you, That in
heaven their angels do always behold the face
of my Father which is in heaven.

Saint Luke the Evangelift.

: ^; The ColleSt.

A LMIGHTY God, who calledft Luke the
•^*- Phyfician, whofe praife is in the Gofpel,
to be an Evangelift, and Phyfician of the foul;

Saint Luke the Evangelift.

May it pleafe thee, that, by the wholfome
medicines of the dodlrine delivered by him,
all the difeafes of our fouls may be healed ;
through the merits of thy Son Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

The Epijlle. 2 Tim. iv. 5.

WATCH thou in all things, endure afflic
tions, do the work of an Evangelift,
make full proof of thy miniftry. For I am
now ready to be offered, and the time of my
departure is at hand. I have fought a good
fight, I have finilhed my courfe, I have kept
the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me
a crown of righteoufnefs, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, fhall give me at that day :
and not to me only, but unto all them alfo
that love his appearing. Do thy diligence to
come fhortly unto me : for Demas hath for-
faken me, having loved this prefent world,
and i$ departed unto Theflalonica ; Crefcens
to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke
is with me. Take Mark and bring him with
thee : for he is profitable to me for the min
iftry. And Tychicus have I fent to Ephefus.
The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus,
when thou comeft, bring with thee ; and the
books, but efpecially the parchments. Alexan
der the copper-fmith did me much evil : the
Lord reward him according to his works. Of

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Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apoflles.

whom be thou ware alfo, for he hath greatly
withftood our words.

The Go/pel. St. Luke x. 1.

THE Lord appointed other feventy alfo,
and fent them two and two before his
face into every city and place whither he him-
felf would come. Therefore faid he unto them,
The harveft truly is great, but the labourers
are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the
harveft, that he would fend forth labourers
into his harveft. Go your ways ; behold, I
fend you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry
neither purfe, nor fcrip, nor fhoes, and falute
no man by the way. And into whatfoever
houfe ye enter, firft fay, Peace be to this
houfe. And if the fon of peace be there,
your peace fliall reft upon it : if not, it fhall
turn to you again. And in the fame houfe re
main, eating and drinking fuch things as they
give : for the labourer is worthy of his hire.

Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apoftles.

The CotteSl.

O Almighty God, who haft built thy Church
upon the foundation of the Apoftles and
Prophets, Jefus Chrift himfelf being the head
corner-ftone ; Grant us fo to be joined toge
ther in unity of fpirit by their do6lrine, that
we may be made an holy temple acceptable

Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apoftles.

unto thee ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

TheEpiJlle. St. Jude 1.

TUDE, the fervant of Jefus Chrift, and
brother of James, to them that are fanc-
tified by God the Father, and preferred in
Jefus Chrift, and called: Mercy unto you,
and peace, and love be multiplied. Beloved,
when I gave all diligence to write unto you
of the common falvation, it was needful for
me to write unto you, and exhort you, that
ye fliould earneftly contend for the faith which
was once delivered unto the faints. For there
are certain men crept in unawares, who were
before of old ordained to this condemnation ;
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God
into lafcivioufnefs, and denying the only Lord
God, and our Lord Jefus Chrift. I will there
fore put you in remembrance, though ye once
knew this, how that the Lord, having faved
the people out of the land of Egypt, after
ward deftroyed them that believed not. And
the angels which kept not their firft eftate,
but left their own habitation, he hath referv-
ed in everlafting chains under darknefs unto
the judgement of the great day. Even as
Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about
them in like manner giving themfelves over
to fornication, and going after ftrange flefli,
are fet forth for an example, fuffering the

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Saint Simon mid Saint Jude, Apoftles.

vengeance of eternal fire. Likewife alfo thefe
filthy dreamers defile the flefh, defpife domi
nion, and fpeak evil of dignities.

The Gq/peL St. John xv. 17.

THESE things I command you, that ye
love one another. If the world hate you,
ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love
his own : but becaufe ye. are not of the world,
but I have chofen you out of the world, there
fore the world hateth you. Remember the
word that I faid unto you, The fervant is not
greater than the lord : if they have perfe-
cuted me, they will alfo perfecute you; if they
have kept my faying, they will keep your's
alfo. But all thefe things will they do unto
you for my Name's fake, becaufe they know
not him that fent me. If I had not come
and fpoken unto them, they had not had fin :
but now they have no cloke for tjieir fin. He
that hateth me hateth my Father alfo. If I
had not done among them the works which
none other man did, they had not had fin ;
but now have they both feen, and hated, both
me and my Father. But this cometh to pafs,
that the word might be fulfilled that is writ
ten in their law, They hated me without a
caufe. But when the Comforter is come,
whom I will fend unto you from the Father*

All Saints' Day.

even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he lhall teftify of me. And

Lalfo ftiall bear witnefs, becaufe ye have
n with me from the beginning.

All Saints' Day.
The Collect.

O Almighty God, who haft knit together
thine ele6t in one communion and fel-
lowftiip, in the myftical body of thy Son Chrift
our Lord ; Grant us grace fo to follow thy
blefled Saints in all virtuous and godly liv
ing, that we may come to thofe unfpeakable
joys, which thou haft prepared for them that
unfeignedly love thee ; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

For the Epi/lle. Rev. vii. 2.

AND I faw another angel afcending from
the eaft, having the feal of the living
God ; and he cried with a loud voice to the
four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the
earth, and the fea, faying, Hurt not the earth,
neither the fea, nor the trees, till we have
fealed the fervants of our God in their fore
heads. And I heard the number of them
which were fealed ; and there were fealed an
hundred and forty and four thoufand, of all
the tribes of the children of Ifrael.

Of the tribe of Juda were fealed twelve
thoufaad.

All Saints' Day.

Of the tribe of Reuben were fealed twelve
thoufand.

Of the tribe of Gad were fealed twelve
thoufand.

Of the tribe of Afer were fealed twelve
thoufand.

Of the tribe of Nephthali were fealed
twelve thoufand.

Of the tribe of Manafles were fealed
twelve thoufand.

Of the tribe of Symeon were fealed twelve
thoufand.

Of the tribe of Levi were fealed twelve
thoufand.

Of the tribe of Ifachar were fealed twelve
thoufand.

Of the tribe of Zabulon were fealed twelve
thoufand.

Of the tribe of Jofeph were fealed twelve
thoufand.

Of the tribe of Benjamin were fealed
twelve thoufand.

After this I beheld, and lo, a great multi
tude, which no man could number, of all na
tions, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
flood before the throne, and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands ; and cried with a loud voice, faying,
Salvation to our God which fitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the an-

All Saints' Day.

gels ftood round about the throne, and about
the elders, and the four beafts, and fell before
the throne on their faces, and worfhipped
God, faying, Amen ; Bleffing, and glory, and
wifdom, and thankfgiving, and honour, and
power, and might, be unto our God for ever
and ever. Amen.

The Go/pel St. Matth. v. 1.

JESUS, feeing the multitudes, went up into
a mountain ; and when he was fet, his
difciples came unto him. And he opened his
mouth, and taught them, faying, Blefled are
the poor in fpirit : for their's is the kingdom
of heaven. Blefled are they that mourn : for
they fhall be comforted. Blefled are the meek:
for they fhall inherit the earth. Blefled are
they which do hunger and thirft after righte-
oufnefs : for they fhall be filled. Blefled are
the merciful : for they fhall obtain mercy.
Blefled are the pure in heart : for they fhall
fee God. Blefled are the peace-makers : for
they fhall be called the children of God. Bleff-
ed are they which are perfecuted for righte-
oufnefs' fake, for their's is the kingdom of
heaven. Blefled are ye, when men fhall re
vile you, and perfecute you, and fhall fay all
manner of evil againft you falfely for my fake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad ; for great is
your reward in heaven : for fo perfecuted they
the prophets which were before you.

THE ORDER OF THE

ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER,

OR

HOLY COMMUNION.

1T So many as intend to be partakers of the holy Communion shall signify their
names to the Curate, at least some time the day before.

5T And if any of those be an open and notorious evil liver, or have done any
wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that the Congregation be thereby
offended ; the Curate, havi?ig knowledge thereof, shall call him and adver
tise him, that in any wise he presume not to come to the Lord's Table, until
he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his for
mer naughty life, that the Congregation may thereby be satisfied, which be
fore were offended ; and that he hath recompensed the parties, to whom he
hath done wrong ; or at least declare himself to be in full purpose so to do,
as soon as he conveniently may.

IT The same order shall the Curate use with those betwixt whom he perceiveth
malice and hatred to reign ; not suffering them to be partakers of the Lord's
Table, until he know them to be reconciled. And if one of the parties so at
variance be content to forgive from the bottom of his heart all that the other
hath trespassed against him, and to make amends for that he himself hath
offended ; and the other party will not be persuaded to a godly unity, but re
main still in his frowardness and malice : the Minister in that case ought to
admit the penitent person to the holy Communion, and not him that is obsti
nate. Provided that every Minister so repelling any, as is specified in this,
or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick, shall be obliged to give an
account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the far
thest. And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending person accord
ing to the Canon.

5f The Table, at the Communion-time having a fair white linen cloth upon it,
shall stand in the Body of the Church, or in the Chancel, where Morning and
Evening Prayer are appointed to be said. And the Priest standing at the
North-side of the Table shall say the Lord's Prayer, with the Collect follow
ing, the people kneeling.

OUR Father which art in heaven, Hallow
ed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive
us our trefpafles, As we forgive them that
trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into
temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

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ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts
be open, all defires known, and from

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whom no fecrets are hid; Cleanfe the thoughts
of our hearts by the infpiration of thy Holy
Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and
worthily magnify thy holy Name ; through
Chrift our Lord. Amen.

IT Then shall the Priest, turning to the people, rehearse distinctly all the TEN
COMMANDMENTS; and the peopk still kneeling shall, after every
Commandment, ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for th€ time
past, and grace to keep the same for the time to come, as folloTveth.

Mini/ler.

GOD fpake thefe words, and faid ; I am
the Lord thy God : Thou (halt have
none other gods but me.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Mini/ler. Thou (halt not make to thyfelf
any graven image, nor the likenefs of any
thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth
beneath, or in the water under the earth.
Thou ftialt not bow down to them, nor wor-
fhip them : for I the Lord thy God am a jea
lous God, and vifit the fins of the fathers up
on the children, unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me, and fhew
mercy unto thoufands in them that love me,
and keep my commandments.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Mini/ler. Thou (halt not take the Name
of the Lord thy God iji vain : for the Lord

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will not hold him guiltlefs, that taketh his
Name in vain.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Remember that thou keep holy
the Sabbath-day. Six days fhalt thou labour,
and do all that thou haft to do ; but the fe-
venth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy
God. In it thou lhalt do no manner of work,
thou, and thy fon, and thy daughter, thy
man-fervant, and thy maid-fervant, thy cattle,
and the ftranger that is within thy gates.
For in fix days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and
refted the feventh day : wherefore the Lord
blefled the feventh day, and hallowed it.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Honour thy father and thy mo
ther; that thy days may be long in the land,
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou lhalt do no murder.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou fhalt not commit adultery.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou (halt not fteal.

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People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minifter. Thou (halt not bear falfe witnefs
againft thy neighbour.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Mini/ler. Thou flialt not covet thy neigh
bour's houfe, thou flialt not covet thy neigh
bour's wife, nor his fervant, nor his maid, nor
his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is his.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
write all thefe thy laws in our hearts, we be-
feech thee.

IT Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King, the Priest standing
as before, and saying,

Let us pray.

A LMIGHTY God, whofe kingdom is ever-
-£V lafting, and power infinite ; Have mer
cy upon the whole Church ; and fo rule the
heart of thy chofen fervant GEORGE, our
King and Governour, that he (knowing whofe
minifter he is) may above all things feek thy
honour and glory : and that we, and all his
fubjedls (duly confidering whofe authority he
hath) may faithfully ferve, honour, and hum
bly obey him, in thee, and for thee, accord
ing to thy blefled Word and ordinance;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who with thee
and the Holy Ghoft liveth and reigneth, ever
one God, world without end. Amen.

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Or,

A LMIGHTY and everlafting God, we are
-£*- taught by thy holy Word, that the hearts
of Kings are in thy rule and governance, and
that thou doft difpofe and turn them as it
feemeth beft to thy godly wifdom : We hum
bly befeech thee fo to difpofe and govern the
heart of GEORGE thy Servant, our King
and Governour, that, in all his thoughts,
words, and works, he may ever feek thy ho
nour and glory, and ftudy to preferve thy
people committed to his charge, in wealth,
peace, and godlinefs : Grant this, O merciful
Father, for thy dear Son's fake, Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

IT Then shall be said the Collect of the Day. And immediately after the Col
lect the Priest shall read the Epistle, saying, The Epistle [or, The portion
of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] is written in the — Chapter of —
beginning at the — Verse. And the Epistle ended, he shall say, Here end-
eth the Epistle. Then shall he read the Gospel (the people all standing up)
saying, The holy Gospel is written in the — . Chapter of — beginning at
the — Verse. And the Gospel ended, shaU be sung or said the Creed follow
ing, the peopk still standing, as before.

I Believe in one God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, And of all
things vifible and invifible :

And in one Lord Jefus Chrift, the only-
begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father
before all worlds, God of God, Light of
Light, Very God of veiy God, Begotten, not
made, Being of one fubftance with the Fa-
the;, By whom all things were made : Who

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for us men, and for our falvation came down
from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy
Ghoit of the Virgin Mary, And was made
man, and was crucified alfo for us under
Pontius Pilate. He fuftered and was buried,
And the third day he rofe again according
to the Scriptures, And afcended into heaven,
And fitteth on the right hand of the Father.
And he fliall come again with glory to judge
both the quick and the dead : Whofe king
dom fliall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghoft, The Lord

land Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the

i Father and the Son, Who with the Father

and the Son together is worfhipped and glo

rified, Who fpake by the Prophets. And I

believe one Catholick and Apoftolick Church.

I acknowledge one Baptifm for the remiflion

of fins, And I look for the Refurre&ion of

the dead, And the life of the world to come.

I Amen.

IT Then the Curate shall declare unto the people what Holy-days, or Fasting-
days, are in the week following to be observed. And then also (if occasion be)
shall notice be given of the Communion ; and Briefs, Citations, and Excom
munications read. And nothing shall be proclaimed or published in the C/iurch,
during the time of Divine Service, but by the Minister : nor by him any thing,
but what is prescribed in the Rules of this Book, or enjoined by the King, or
by the Ordinary of the place.

11 Then shall follow the Sermon, or one of the Homilies already set forth, or
hereafter to be set forth, by authority.

IT Then shall the Priest return to the Lord's Table, and begin the Offertory,
saying one or more of these Sentences following, as he thinketh most convenient
in his discretion.

L

ET your light fo fhine before men,
they may fee your good works, and

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glorify your Father which is in heaven. St.
Matth. v.

Lay not up for yourfelves treafure upon
the earth ; where the ruft and moth doth cor
rupt, and where thieves break through and
fteal : but lay up for yourfelves treafures in
heaven; where neither ruft nor moth doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break
through and fteaL St. Matth. vi.

Whatfoever ye would that men fliould do
vmto you, even fo do unto them ; for this is
the Law and the Prophets. St. Matth. vii.

Not every one that faith unto me, Lord,
Lord, (hall enter into the Kingdom of hea
ven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven. St. Matth. vii.

Zacchaeus ftood forth, and faid unto the
Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I
give to the poor; and if I have done any
wrong to any man, I reftore four-fold. St.
Luke xix.

Who goeth a warfare at any time of his
own coft ? Who planteth a vineyard, and eat-
eth not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth
a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the
flock? 1 Cor. ix.

If we have fown unto you fpiritual things,
is it a great matter if we (hall reap your
worldly things ? 1 Cor. ix.

Do ye not know, that they who minifter

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about holy things live of the facrifice ; and
they who wait at the altar are partakers with
the altar? Even fo hath the Lord alfo or
dained, that they who preach the Gofpel fhould
live of the Gofpel. 1 Cor. ix.

He that foweth little fhall reap little ; and
he that foweth plenteoufly {hall reap plente-
oufly. Let every man do according as he is
cliipofed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of
neceffity; for God loveth a cheerful giver.
2 Cor. ix.

Let him that is taught in the Word min-
ifter unto him that teacheth, in all good things.
Be not deceived, God is not mocked : for
whatfoever a man foweth that fhall he reap.
Gal. vi.

While we have time, let us do good unto
all men ; and fpecially unto them that are of
the houftiold of faith. Gal. vi.

Godlinefs is great riches, if a man be con
tent with that he hath : for we brought no
thing into the world, neither may we carry
any thing out. 1 Tim. vi.

Charge them who are rich in this world,
that they be ready to give, and glad to dif-
tribute; laying up in ftore for themfelves a
good foundation againft the time to come,
that they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim. vi.

God is not unrighteous, that he will forget
your works, and labour that proceedeth of

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love; which love ye have fliewed for his
Name's fake, who have miniftered unto the
faints, and yet do minifter. Heb. vi.

To do good, and to diftribute, forget not ;
for with fuch facrifices God is well pleafed.
Heb. xiii.

Whofo hath this world's good, and feeth
his brother have need, and fhutteth vip his
compaffion from him, how dwelleth the love
of God in him ? 1 St. John iii.

Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy
face from any poor man; and then the face
of the Lord ihall not be turned away from
thee. Tobit iv.

Be merciful after thy power. If thou haft
much, give plenteoufly : if thou haft little, do
thy diligence gladly to give of that little : for
fo gathereft thou thyfelf a good reward in the
day of neceffity. Tobit iv.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth
unto the Lord : and look, what he layeth out,
it fhall be paid him again. Prov. xix.

Blefled be the man that provideth for the
fick and needy : the Lord fhall deliver him
in the time of trouble. Pfalm xli.

IT Whilst these Sentences are in reading, the Deacons, Church-wardens, or
other fit person appointed for that purpose, shall receive the Alms for the
Poor, and other devotions of the people, in a decent bason to be provided by
the Parish for that purpose; and reverently bring it to the Priest, who shall
humbly present and place it upon the holy table.

1T And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall then place upon the Table
so much Bread and Wine, as he shall think Diffident.

After which done, the Priest shall say,

and ob-
out wn-
said.

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Let us pray for the whole ftate of Child's
Church militant here in earth.

A LMIGHTY and everliving God, who
-£*-. by thy holy Apoftle haft taught us to
make prayers, and fupplications, and to give
thanks, for all men ; We humbly befeech thee
moft mercifully [to accept our If there be nu alms
alms and oblations, and] to re-
ceive thefe our prayers, which
we offer unto thy Divine Ma-
jefty ; befeeching thee to infpire continually
the univerfal Church with the fpirit of truth,
unity, and concord : And grant, that all they
that do confefs thy holy Name may agree
in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in
unity, and godly love. We befeech thee
alfo to fave and defend all Chriftian Kings,
Princes, and Governours; and fpecially thy
Servant GEORGE our King ; that under
him we may be godly and quietly governed :
And grant unto his whole Council, and to
all that are put in authority under him, that
they may truly and indifferently minifter juf-
tice, to the punifhment of wickednefs and
vice, and to the maintenance of thy true re
ligion, and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly
Father, to all Bifhops and Curates, that they
may both by their life and docftrine fet forth
thy true and lively Word, and rightly and
duly adminifter thy holy Sacraments : And

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to all thy people give thy heavenly grace ;
and efpecially to this congregation here pre-
fent; that, with meek heart and due reve
rence, they may hear, and receive thy holy
Word ; truly ferving thee in holinefs and
righteoufnefs all the days of their life. And
we moft humbly befeech thee of thy good-
nefs, O Lord, to comfort and fuccour all them,
who in this tranfitory life are in trouble, for-
row, need, licknefs, or any other adverfity.
And we alfo blefs thy holy Name for all thy
fervants departed this life in thy faith and
fear ; befeeching thee to give us grace fo to
follow their good examples, that with them
we may be partakers of thy heavenly king
dom : Grant this, O Father, for Jefus Chrift's
fake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

5T When the Minister givetk warning for the celebration of the holy Commu
nion, {which he shall always do upon the Sunday, or some Holy-day, imme
diately preceding,) after the Sermon or Homily ended, he shall read this
Exhortation following.

DEARLY beloved, on day next I
purpofe, through God's affiftance, to ad-
minifter to all fuch as (hall be religioufly and
devoutly difpofed the moft comfortable Sa
crament of the Body and Blood of Chrift ;
to be by them received in remembrance of
his meritorious Crofs and Paffion; whereby
alone we obtain remiffion of our fins, and are
made partakers of the Kingdom of heaven.
Wherefore it is our duty to render moft hum
ble and hearty thanks to Almighty God our

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heavenly Father, for that he hath given his
Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift, not only to die
for us, but alfo to be our fpiritual food and
fuftenance in that holy Sacrament. Which
being fo divine and comfortable a thing to
them who receive it worthily, and fo danger
ous to them that will prefume to receive it
unworthily; my duty is to exhort you in
the mean feafon to confider the dignity of
that holy myftery, and the great peril of the
unworthy receiving thereof; and fo to fearch
and examine your own confciences, (and that
not lightly, and after the manner of diffem-
blers with God ; but fo) that ye may come
holy and clean to fuch a heavenly Feaft, in the
marriage-garment required by God in holy
Scripture, and be received as worthy partak
ers of that holy Table.

The way and means thereto is ; Firft, to
examine your lives and converfations by the
rule of God's commandments ; and wherein-
foever ye fhall perceive yourfelves to have
offended, either by will, word, or deed, there
to bewail your own finfulnefs, and to confefs
yourfelves to Almighty God, with full pur-
pofe of amendment of life. And if ye fliall
perceive your offences to be fuch as are not
only againft God, but alfo againft your neigh
bours ; then ye (hall reconcile yourfelves unto
them ; being ready to make reftitution and

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fatisfa6tion, according to the uttermoft of
your powers, for all injuries and wrongs done
by you to any other; and being likewife
ready to forgive others that have offended
you, as ye would have forgivenefs of your
offences at God's hand : for otherwife the re
ceiving of the holy Communion doth nothing
elfe but increafe your damnation. Therefore
if any of you be a blafphemer of God, an hin-
derer or flanderer of his Word, an adulterer,
or be in malice, or envy, or in any other
grievous crime, repent you of your fins, or
elfe come not to that holy Table ; left, after
the taking of that holy Sacrament, the devil
enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and
fill you full of all iniquities, and bring you to
definition both of body and foul.

And becaufe it is requifite, that no man
fhould come to the holy Communion, but with
a full truft in God's mercy, and with a quiet
confcience ; therefore if there be any of you,
who by this means cannot quiet his own con
fcience herein, but requireth further comfort or
counfel, let him come to me, or to fome other
difcreet and learned Minifter of God's Word,
and open his grief; that by the miniftry of
God's holy Word he may receive the benefit
of abfolution, together with ghoflly counfel
and advice, to the quieting of his confcience,
and avoiding of all fcruple and doubtfulnefs.

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IT Or, in case he shall see the people negligent to come to the holy Communion,
instead of the former, he shall use this Exhortation.

DEARLY beloved brethren, on I
intend, by God's grace, to celebrate the
Lord's Supper : unto which, in God's behalf,
I bid you all that are here prefent ; and be-
feech you, for the Lord Jefus Chrift's fake,
that ye will not refufe to come thereto, being
fo lovingly called and bidden by God himfelf.
Ye know how grievous and unkind a thing it
is, when a man hath prepared a rich feaft,
decked his table with all kind of provifion, fo
that there lacketh nothing but the guefts to
fit down ; and yet they who are called (with
out any caufe) moft unthankfully reftife to
come. Which of you in fuch a cafe would
not be moved ? Who would not think a great
injury and wrong done unto him? Where
fore, moft dearly beloved in Chrift, take ye
good heed, left ye, withdrawing yourfelves
from this holy Supper, provoke God's indig
nation againft you. It is an eafy matter for a
man to lay, I will not communicate, becaufe
I am otherwife hindered with worldly bufi-
nefs. But fuch excufes are not fo eafily ac
cepted and allowed before God. If any man
fay, I am a grievous finner, and therefore am
afraid to come: wherefore then do ye not
repent and amend ? When God calleth you,
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When ye fhould return to God, will ye excufe
yourfelves, and fay ye are not ready ? Confi-
der earneftly with yourfelves how little fvich
feigned excufes will avail before God. They
that refufed the feaft in the Gofpel, becaufe
they had bought a farm, or would try their
yokes of oxen, or becaufe they were married,
were not fo excufed, but counted unworthy
of the heavenly feaft. I, for my part, ihall be
ready ; and, according to mine Office, I bid
you in the Name of God, I call you in Chrift's
behalf, I exhort you, as ye love your own fal-
vation, that ye will be partakers of this holy
Communion. And as the Son of God did
vouchfafe to yield up his foul by death upon
the Crofs for your falvation ; fo it is your
duty to receive the Communion in remem
brance of the facrifice of his death, as he him-
felf hath commanded : which if ye Ihall neg-
Ie6l to do, confider with yourfelves how great
injury ye do unto God, and how fore punifli-
ment hangeth over your heads for the fame ;
when ye wilfully abftain from the Lord's Ta
ble, and feparate from your brethren, who
come to feed on the banquet of that moft
heavenly food. Thefe things if ye earneftly
confider, ye will by God's grace return to a
better mind : for the obtaining whereof we
ihall not ceafe to make our humble petitions
unto Almighty God our heavenly Father.

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*R At the time of the Celebration of the Communion, the Communicants being
conveniently placed for the receiving of the holy Sacrament, the Priest shall
say this Exhortation.

DEARLY beloved in the Lord, ye that
mind to come to the holy Communion
of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Chrift,
muft confider how Saint Paul exhorteth all
perfons diligently to try and examine them-
felves, before they prefume to eat of that Bread,
and drink of that Cup. For as the benefit is
great, if with a true penitent heart and lively
faith we receive that holy Sacrament; (for
then we fpiritually eat the flefh of Chrift, and
drink his blood; then we dwell in Chrift,
and Chrift in us ; we are one with Chrift, and
Chrift with us ;) fo is the danger great, if we
receive the fame unworthily. For then we
are guilty of the Body and Blood of Chrift our
Saviour ; we eat and drink our own damna
tion, not confidering the Lord's Body; we
kindle God's wrath againft us ; we provoke
him to plague us with divers difeafes, and
fundry kinds of death. Judge therefore your-
felves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the
Lord ; repent you truly for your fins paft ;
have a lively and ftedfaft faith in Chrift our
Saviour ; amend your lives, and be in perfe6l
charity with all men ; fo fhall ye be meet par
takers of thofe holy myfteries. And above all
things ye muft give moft humble and hearty

P thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the

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Holy Ghoft, for the redemption of the world
by the death and paffion of our Saviour Chrift,
both God and man ; who did humble him-
felf, even to the death upon the Crofs, for us,
miferable tinners, who lay in darknefs and the
fbadow of death ; that he might make us the
children of God, and exalt us to everlafting
life. And to the end that we fhould alway
remember the exceeding great love of our
Mailer, and only Saviour, Jefus Chrift, thus
dying for us, and the innumerable benefits
which by his precious blood-fhedding he hath
obtained to us ; he hath inftituted and or
dained holy myfteries, as pledges of his love,
and for a continual remembrance of his death,
to our great and endlefs comfort. To him
therefore, with the Father and the Holy Ghoft,
let us give (as we are moil bounden) conti
nual thanks ; fubmitting ourfelves wholly to
his holy will and pleafure, and ftudying to
ferve him in true holinefs and righteoufnefs
all the days of our life. Amen.

5T Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the holy Communio?ij

YE that do truly arid earneftly repent you
of your fins, and are in love and charity
with your neighbours, and intend to lead a
new life, following the commandments of
God, and walking from henceforth in his
holy ways ; Draw near with faith, and take
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make your humble confeffiou to Almighty
God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.

1T Then shall this general Confession be made, in the name of all those that
are minded to receive the holy Communion, by one of the Mmisters; both he
and all the people kneeling humbly upon their knees, and saying,

ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord
Jefus Chrift, Maker of all things, Judge
of all men ; We acknowledge and bewail our
manifold fins and wickednefs, Which we, from
time to time, moft grievoufly have committed,
By thought, word, and deed, Againft thy Di
vine Majefty, Provoking moft juftly thy wrath
and indignation againft us. We do earneftly
repent, And are heartily forry for thefe our
mifdoings ; The remembrance of them is
grievous unto us ; The burden of them is in
tolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy
upon us, moft merciful Father ; For thy Son
our Lord Jefus Chrift's fake, Forgive us all
that is paft ; And grant that we may ever
hereafter Serve and pleafe thee-In newnefs
of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name ;
Through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

IT Then shall the Priest (or the BisJiop, being present,) stand up, and turning
himself to the people, pronounce this Absolution.

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
-£*- who of his great mercy hath promifed
forgivenefs of fins to all them that with
hearty repentance and true faith tftrn unto
him ; Have mercy upon you ; pardon and de
liver you from all your fins; confirm and

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ftrengthen you in all goodnefs ; and bring
you to everlafting life ; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord. Amen.

f Then shall the Priest say,

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour
Chrift faith unto all that truly turn to him.

COME unto me all that travail and are
heavy laden, and I will refrelh you. St.
Matth. xi. 28.

So God loved the world, that he gave his
only-begotten Son, to the end that all that
believe in him fhould not perifti, but have
everlafting life. St. John iii. 16.

Hear alfo what Saint Paul faith.
This is a true faying, and worthy of all
men to be received, That Chrift Jefus came
into the world to fave finners. 1 Tim. i. 15.

Hear alfo what Saint John faith.
If any man fin, we have an Advocate with
the Father, Jefus Chrift the righteous ; and he
is the propitiation for our fins. 1 St. John ii. 1 .

1T After which the Priest shall proceed, saying,

Lift up your hearts.

Anfwer. We lift them up unto the Lord.
Prieft. Let us give thanks unto our Lord
God.

Anfwer. It is meet and right fo to do.

IT Then shall the Priest turn to the Lord's Talk, and say,

IT is very meet, right, and our bounden
duty, that we fhould at all times, aad in

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all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord,

These words [Holy Father] Holy Father, AlmiffhtV, E-

must be omitted on Trinity- J . „, 1

*unday. veruuting God.

H Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any
specially appointed : or else immediately shall follow,

THEREFORE with Angels and Arch
angels, and with all the company of hea
ven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name;
evermore praifing thee, and faying, Holy, ho
ly, holy, Lord God of hofts, heaven and earth
are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord
moft High. Amen.

Proper Prefaces.
Upon Chriftmas-day, andfeven days after.

BECAUSE thou didft give Jefus Chrift
thine only Son to be born as at this time
for us; who, by the operation of the Holy
Ghoft, was made very man of the fubftance of
the Virgin Maiy his mother; and that with
out fpot of fin, to make us clean from all fin.
Therefore with Angels, fy c.

Upon Eafter-day, andfeven days after.

BUT chiefly we are bound to praife thee
for the glorious Refurrecftion of thy Son
Jefus Chrift our Lord : for he is the very
Pafchal Lamb, which was offered for us, and
hath taken away the fin of the world; who
by his death hath deftroyed death, and by his
riling to life again hath reftored to us ever-
lafting life. Therefore with Angels, fyc.

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Upon Afcenfion-day, andfeven days after.

THROUGH thy moft dearly beloved Son
Jefus Chrift our Lord; who after his moil
glorious Refurredlion manifeftly appeared fo
all his Apoftles, and in their fight afcended up
into heaven to prepare a place for us ; that
where he is, thither we might alfo afcend,
and reign with him in glory. Therefore with
Angels, fyc.

Upon Whit-funday, and JIM days after.

THROUGH Jefus Chrift our Lord; ac
cording to whofe moft true promife, tlie
Holy Ghoft came down as at this time from
heaven with a fudden great found, as it had
been a mighty wind, in the likenefs of fiery
tongues, lighting upon the Apoftles, to teach
them, and to lead them to all truth ; giving
them both the gift of divers languages, and
alfo boldnefs with fervent zeal conftantly to
preach the Gofpel unto all nations ; whereby
we have been brought out of darknefs and
error into the clear light and true knowledge
of thee, and of thy Son Jefus Chrift. There
fore Ayith Angels, fyc.

Upon the Feaft of Trinity only.

WHO art one God, one Lord; not one
only Perfon, but three Perfons in one
Subftance. For that which we believe of the
glory of the Father, the fame we believe of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft, without any

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difference or inequality. Therefore with An
gels, fyc.

IT After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be sung or said,

THEREFORE with Angels and Arch
angels, and with all the company of hea
ven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name;
evermore praifing thee, and faying, Holy, ho
ly, holy, Lord God of hofts, heaven and earth
are ftill of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord
moft High. Amen.

IT Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, say in the name
of all them that shall receive the Communion this Prayer following.

WE do not prefume to come to this thy
Table, O merciful Lord, trailing in our
own righteoufnefs, but in thy manifold and
great mercies. We are not worthy fo much
as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table.
But thou art the fame Lord, whofe property
is always to have mercy : Grant us therefore,
gracious Lord, fo to eat the flelh of thy dear
Son Jefus Chrift, and to drink his blood, that
our finful bodies may be made clean by his
body, and our fouls wafhed through his moft
precious blood, and that we may evermore
dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.

1T When the Priest, sta?idinrr before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread and
Winet that he may with the more readiness and decency break the Bread be
fore the people, and take the Cup into his hands, he shall say the Prayer of
Consecration, asfollowelh.

A L MIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
-f^- who of thy tender mercy didft give thine
only Son Jefus Chrift to fuffer death upon the

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crofs for our Redemption; who made there (by
his one oblation of nimfelf once offered) a full,
perfe6t, and fufficient facrifice, oblation, and
fatisfacftion, for the fins of the whole world ;
and did inftitute, and in his holy Gofpel com
mand us to continue, a perpetual memory
of that his precious death, until his coming
again ; Hear us, O merciful Father, we moft
humbly befeech thee ; and grant that we re
ceiving thefe thy creatures of bread and wine,
according to thy Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift's
holy inftitution, in remembrance of his death
and paflion, may be partakers of his moft
blefled Body and Blood : who, in the fame
* Here the night that he was betrayed, * took
the Pa: Bread ; and, when he had given
18 thanks, f he brake it, and gave it to
to break The his difciples, faying, Take, eat, t this

Bread: • Ti* j i • i • • /•

j And here is my Body which is given tor you :

to lay hit hand -.^ ^ , . t , * f. J

upon aii theUo this in remembrance ot me.

r* "litre he is Likewife after fupper he * took the

cuP "MO his Cup ; and, when he had given thanks,

he gave it to them, faying, Drink ye

t And here all of this ; for this *f is my Blood of

to lay his hand ~ -^-j- r--1 ~. 1 • 1 • /V J

upon every ves- the J\ cw 1 ellament, which is ihea
liceorFiazo^foY you and for many for the remif-

>» which there _ * ^ -__^ . . » ~ n 11

« any wine to \\Qii of fins i JJo this, as ot t as ye Ihall
drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen.

^ Then shall the Minister Jirst receive the Communion in both kinds himself,
and then proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, in
like manner, (if any be present,} and after that to the people also in order,
into their hands, all meekly kneeling. And, when he dtlivertth the Bread 10
mny one, he, shall scy,

* "

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THE Body of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which
was given for thee, preferve thy body
and foul unto everlafting life. Take and eat
this in remembrance that Chrift died for thee,
and feed on him in thy heart by faith with

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thanklgivmg.

1T And the Minister that deliveretk the Cup to any otic shall say,

THE Blood of our Lord Jefus Chrift, which
was fhed for thee, preferve thy body and
foul unto everlafting life. Drink this in re
membrance that Chrift's Blood was fhed for
thee, and be thankful /

1F If the consecrated Bread or Wine be all spent before all have communicated,
the Priest is to consecrate more according to the Form before prescribed ; be
ginning at TOUT Saviour Christ in the same night, #c.] for the blessing
of the Bread; and at [[Like wise after Supper, <^c.] for the blessing of the
Cup.

IF When all have communicated, the Minister shall return to the Lord's
Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Ele
ments, covering the same with a fair linen cloth.

1T Then shall tfte Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the people repeating after him
every Petition.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallow
ed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive
us our trefpaffes, As we forgive them that
trefpafs againft us. And lead us not into
temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For
thine is the kingdom, The power, and the
glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

IT After shall be said asfollowdh.

OLord and heavenly Father, we thy hum
ble fervants entirely defire thy fatherly
goodnefs mercifully to accept this our facri-

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fice of praife and thankfgiving ; moft humbly
befeeching thee to grant, that by the merits
and death of thy Son Jefus Chrift, and through
faith in his blood, we and all thy whole
Church may obtain remiffion of our fins, and
all other benefits of his paffion. And here we
offer and prefent unto thee, O Lord, our-
felves, our fouls and bodies, to be a reafon-
able, holy, and lively facrifice unto thee ; hum
bly befeeching thee, that all we, who are par
takers of this holy Communion, may be ful
filled with thy grace and heavenly benedic
tion. And although we be unworthy, through
our manifold fins, to offer unto thee any ia-
crifice, yet we befeech thee to accept this our
bounden duty and fervice ; not weighing GUI
merits, but pardoning our offences, through
Jefus Chrift our Lord ; by whom, and with
whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghoft, all ho
nour and glory be unto thee, O Father Al
mighty, world without end. Amen.

Or this.

LMIGHTY and everiiving God, we moft
heartily thank thee, for that thou dofi
vouchfafe to feed us, who have duly receiver
thefe holy myfteries, with the fpiritual fooc
of the moft precious Body and Blood of thy
Son our Saviour Jefus Chrift ; and doft affure
us thereby of thy favour and goodnefs to
wards us ; and that we are very members
incorporate in the myftical body of thy Son,

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which is the blefled company of all faithful
people ; and are alfo heirs through hope of
thy everlailing kingdom,, by the merits of the
moft precious death and paflion of thy dear
Son. And we moil humbly befeech thee, O
heavenly Father, fo to aflift us with thy grace,
that we may continue in that holy fellowfliip,
and do all fuch good works as thou haft pre
pared for us to walk in ; through Jefus Chrift
our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy
Ghoft, be all honour and glory, world with
out end. Amen.

H Then shall be said or sung,

GLORY be to God on high, and in earth
peace, goodwill towards men. We praife
thee, we blefs thee, we worfhip thee, we glo
rify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great
glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the
Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jefu Chrift ;
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Fa
ther, that takeft away the fins of the world,
have mercy upon us. Thou that takeft away
the fins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Thou that takeft away the fins of the world,
receive our prayer. Thou that fitteft at the right
hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the
Lord; thou only, O Chrift, with the Holy
Ghoft, art moft high in the glory of God the
Father. Amen.

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IT Then the Priest (or Bishop if he be present) shall let them depart with this

Blessing.

THE peace of God, which paffeth all un-
derftanding, keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love of God, and of his
Son Jefus Chrift our Lord : and the bleffing
of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghoft, be amongft you and remain with
you always. Amen.

^T Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there is no Communion, every
such day one or more ; and the same may be said also, as often as occasion
shall serve, after the Collects either of Morning or Evening Prayer, Commu*
nion, or Litany, by the discretion of the Minister.

ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in thefe our
fupplications and prayers, and difpofe the
way of thy fervants towards the attainment
of everlafting falvation; that, among all the
changes and chances of this mortal life, they
may ever be defended by thy moft gracious
and ready help; through Jefus Chrift our
Lord. Amen.

O Almighty Lord, and everlafting God,
vouchfafe, we befeech thee, to direct,
fancftify, and govern, both our hearts and bo
dies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the
works of thy commandments ; that through
thy moft mighty protection, both here and
ever, we may be preferved in body and foul ;
through our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift.
Amen.

GRANT, we befeech thee, Almighty God,
that the words, which we have heard
this day with our outward ears, may through

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thy grace be fo grafted inwardly in our hearts,
that they may bring forth in us the fruit of
good living, to the honour and praife of thy
Name ; through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings
with thy moft gracious favour, and fur
ther us with thy continual help ; that in all
our works begun, continued, and ended in
thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and
finally by thy mercy obtain everlafting life ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wif-
dom, who knoweft our neceffities before
we afk, and our ignorance in afking; We
befeech thee to have eompaflion upon our in
firmities ; and thofe things, which for our un-
worthinefs we dare not, and for our bliudnefs
we cannot afk, vouchfafe to give us, for the
worthinefs of thy Son Jefus Chrift our Lord.
Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, who haft promifed to
hear the petitions of them that afk in thy
Son's Name; We befeech thee mercifully to
incline thine ears to us that have made now
our prayers and fupplications unto thee ; and
grant, that thofe things, which we have faith
fully afked according to thy will, may effec
tually be obtained, to the relief of our necef-
fity, and to the fetting forth of thy glory ;
through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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IF Upon the Sundays and other Holy -days (if there be no Communion) shall be
said all that is appointed at the Communion, until the end of the general
Prayer [Tor the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth]
together with one or more of these Collects last before rehearsed, concluding
with the Bkssing.

IF And there shall be no celebration of the lord's Supper, except there be a con
venient number to communicate with the Priest, according to his discretion.

IF And if there be not above twenty persons in the Parish of discretion to receive
the Communion ; yet there shall be no Communion, except four (or three at
the least) communicate with the Priest.

IF And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and Colleges, where there are
many Priests and Deacons, they shall all receive the Communion with the
Priest ei'ery Sunday at the least, except they have a reasonable cause to the
contrary.

IF And to take away all occasion ofdissention, and superstition, which any per
son hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, it shall suffice that
the Brtad be such as is usual to be eaten ; but the best and purest Wheat
Bread that conveniently may be gotten.

1F And if any of tJie Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Curate shall
have it to his own use : but if any remain of that which was consecrated, it
shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Priest and such other of the
Communicants as he shall then call unto him, shall, immediately after the
Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same.

1F The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the Curate
and the Church- war dens at the charges of tjie Parish.

IF And note, that every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in
the year, of which Easter to be one. And yearly at Easter every Parishioner
shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, or Curate, or his or their Deputy or De
puties ; and pay to them or him all Ecclesiastical Duties, accmtomably due,
then and at that time to be paid.

IF After the Divine Service ended, the money given at the Offertory sfiatt be
disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the Minister and Church
wardens shall think Jit. Wherein if they disagree, it shall be disposed of as

the Ordinary shall appoint,
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" WHEREAS it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of the
" Lord's Slipper, that the Communicants should receive the same kneeling ;
" (which order is well meant, for a signification of our humble and grateful
" acknowledgement of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy
" Receivers, and for the avoiding of such profanation and disorder in the
" holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue ;) yet, lest the same kneeling
" should by any persons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of ma-
" lice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved ; It is hereby declared,
" That thereby no Adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the
" Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto any Corporal
" Presence of Christ's natural Flesh and Blood. For the Sacramental Bread
" and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may
" not be adored ; (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful
" Christians ;) and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in
" Heaven, and not here ; it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body
" to be at one time in more places than one."

THE MINISTRATION OF

PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS,

TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH.

f The people are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptism should not be ad
ministered but upon Sundays, and othtr Holy-days, when the most number of people come
together; as well for that the Congregation there present may testify the retemng of them
that be newly baptized into the number of Christ's Church ; as also because in the Baptism
of Infants every Man present may be put in remembrance of his own profession made to God
in his Baptism. For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be ministered in the
vulgar tongue. Nevertheless, (if necessity so require,) Children may be baptized upon any
other day.

IT And note, that there shall be fw every Male-child to be baptized two Godfathers and one
Godmottier; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers.

f When fore are Children to be baptized, the Parents shall give knowledge thereof over night,
or in the morning befoi-e the beginning of Morning Prayer, to the Curate. And then the
Godfathers and Godmothers, and the people with the Children, mutt be ready at the Font,
either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer, or else immediately afttr tin- last
Lesson at Evening Prayer, an the Curate by his discretion shall appoint. And the Priest com
ing to the Font, (which is then to be filled with pure Water,) and standing there, shall say,

H

ATH this Child been al
ready baptized, or no ?

* If they answer, No : Then shall the Pritst
proceed asfolloweth.

DEARLY beloved, foras
much as all men are
conceived and born in sin ;
and that our Saviour Christ
saith, None can enter into
the kingdom of God, except
he be regenerate and born a-
new of Water and of the holy
Ghost ; I beseech you to call
upon God the Father, through
our Lord Jesus Christ, that
of his bounteous mercy he
will grant to this Child that
thing which by nature he can
not have; that he may be
baptized with Water and the
holy Ghost, and received into
Christ's holy Church, and be
made a lively member of the
same.

H Then shall the Priest say,

Let us pray.

A LMIGHTY and ever-
lasting God, who of thy

great mercy didst save Noah
and his family in the ark
from perishing by water; and
also didst safely lead the chil
dren of Israel thy people
through the Red Sea, figuring
thereby thy holy Baptism ;
and by the Baptism of thy
well-beloved Son Jesus Christ,
in the river Jordan, didst
sanctify Water to the mysti
cal washing away of sin ; We
beseech thee, for thine infi
nite mercies, that thou wilt
mercifully look upon this
Child ; wash him and sanctify
him with the holy Ghost";
that he, being delivered from
thy wrath, may be received
into the ark of Christ's
Church ; and being stedfast
in faith, joyful through hope,
and rooted in chanty, 'may so
pass the waves of this trou
blesome world, that finally
he may come to the land of
everlasting life, there to reign
with thee world without end ;

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through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

A LMIGHTY and immor-
XX tai God, die aid of all
that need, the helper of all
that flee to thee for succour,
the life of them that believe,
and the resurrection of the
dead ; We call upon thee for
this Infant, that he, coming
to thy holy Baptism, may re
ceive remission of his sins by
spiritual regeneration. Re
ceive him, O Lord, as thou
hast promised by thy well-
beloved Son, saying, Ask, and
ye shall have; seek, and ye
shall find ; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you: So
give now unto us that ask ;
let us that seek find; open
the gate unto us that knock ;
that this Infant may enjoy
the everlasting benediction
of thy heavenly washing, and
may come to the eternal king
dom which thou hast promis
ed by Christ our Lord. Amen.

f Then shall the people stand up, and the
Priest shall say,

Hear the words of the Gos
pel, written by Saint Mark,
in the tenth Chapter, at
the thirteenth Verse.

THEY brought young
children to Christ, that
he should touch them; and
his disciples rebuked those
that brought them. But when
Jesus saw it, he was much
displeased, and said unto
them, Surfer the little chil

dren to come unto me, and!
forbid them not ; for of such
is the kingdom of God. Ve
rily I say unto you, Whos
ever shall not receive the
kingdom of God as a little
child, he shall not enter
therein. And he took them
up in his arms, put his hands
upon them, and blessed them.

IT After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall \
make this brief Exhortation upon the words
'the Gospel.

ELO VED, ye hear in this
Gospel the words of our
Saviour Christ, that he com
manded the children to be
brought unto him ; how lie
blamed those that would have i
kept them from him ; how he
exnorteth all men to follow ji
their innocency. Ye perceive j
how by his outward gesture
and deed he declared his
good will toward them; for
he embraced them in his
arms, he laid his hands upon
them, and blessed them. |
Doubt ye not therefore, but j
earnestly believe, that he will !
likewise favourably receive i
this present Infant; that he
will embrace him with the
arms of his mercy; that he;
will give unto him the bless
ing of eternal life, and make
him partaker of his everlast
ing kingdom. Wherefore we
being thus persuaded of the
good will of our heavenly Fa- j
ther towards this Infant, de
clared by his Son Jesus
Christ ; and nothing doubt-

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ing but that he favourably
alloweth this charitable work
of our's in bringing this In-
t to his holy Baptism ; let
us faithfully and devoutly
give thanks unto him, and
say,

ALMIGHTY and ever
lasting God, heavenly
Father, we give thee humble
thanks, for that thou hast
vouchsafed to call us to the
knowledge of thy grace, and
faith in thee : Increase this
knowledge, and confirm this
faith in us evermore. Give
thy holy Spirit to this Infant,
that he may be born again, and
be made an heir of everlasting
salvation; through our Lord
Jesus Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the
Holy Spirit, now and for
ever. Amen.

•IT Then thall the Priest speak unto the God
fathers and Godmothers on this wise.

DEARLY beloved, ye have
brought this Child here
to be baptized, ye have pray
ed that our Lord Jesus Christ
would vouchsafe to receive
him, to release him of his sins,
to sanctify him with the holy
Ghost, to give him the king
dom of heaven, and everlast
ing life. Ye have heard also
that our Lord Jesus Christ
hath promised in his Gospel
to grant all these things that
ye have prayed for: which
promise he, for his part, will
most surely keep and per

form. Wherefore, after this
promise made by Christ, this
Infant must also faithfully,
for his part, promise by you
that are his sureties, (until he
come of age to take it upon
himself?) that he will renounce
the devil and all his works,
and constantly believe God's
holy Word, and obediently
keep his commandments.
I demand therefore,

DOST thou, in the Name
of this Child, renounce
the devil and all his works,
the vain pomp and glory of
the world, with all covetous
desires of the same, and the
carnal desires of the flesh, so
that thou wilt not follow, nor
be led by them?

Answer. I renounce them
all.

Minister.

DOST thou believe in God
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth ?
And in Jesus Christ his
only-begotten Son our Lord ?
And that he was conceived
by the Holy Ghost; born of
the Virgin Mary ; that he
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and bu
ried ; that he went down into
hell, and also did rise again
the third day; that he as
cended into heaven, and sit-
teth at the right hand of God
the Father Almighty ; and
from thence shall come again
at the end of the world, to

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judge the quick and the
dead ?

And dost thou believe in
the Holy Ghost; the holy
Catholick Church ; the Com
munion of Saints; the Re
mission of sins; the Resur
rection of the flesh; and ever
lasting life after death ?

Answer, All this I sted-
fastly believe.

Minister.

WILT thou be baptized
in this faith?
Answer. That is my desire.

Minister.

V17ILT thou then obedi-
V V ently keep God's holy
will and commandments, and
walk in the same all the days
of thy life?

Answer. I will.

H Then shall the Priest say,

O Merciful God, grant that
the old Adam in this
Child may be so buried, that
the new man may be raised
up in him. Amen.

Grant that all carnal affec
tions may die in him, and
that all things belonging to
the Spirit may live and grow
in him. Amen.

Grant that he may have powr
er and strength to have vic
tory, and to triumph, against
the devil, the world, and the
flesh. Amen.

Grant that whosoever is
here dedicated to thee by
our office and ministry may
also be endued with hea

venly virtues, and everlast
ingly rewarded, through thy
mercy, O blessed Lord God,
who dost live, and govern
all things, world without end.
Amen

\ LMIGfHTY, everliving
jflL God, whose most dearly
beloved Son Jesus Christ, for
the forgiveness of our sins,
did shed out of his most
precious side both water and
blood ; and gave command
ment to his disciples, that
they should go teach all na
tions, and baptize them In
the Name of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost;
Regard, we beseech thee, the
supplications of thy congre
gation; sanctify this Water
to the mystical washing away
of sin ; and grant that this
Child, now to be baptized
therein, may receive the ful
ness of thy grace, and ever
remain in the number of thy
faithful and elect children;
through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

1T Then the Priest shall take the Child into his
hands, and shall say to the Godfathers and
Godmothers,

Name this Child.

IT And then naming it after them (if they shall
certify him that the Child may well endure
it) he shall dip it in the Water discreetly
and warily, saying,

NI baptize thee In the
. Name ' of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.

H But if they certify that the Child is weak,
it shall sifflce t o pour Water upon it, xty ing
theforesaid words,

Publick Baptism of Infants.

Here tke Priest

£"3? ac83? *

NI baptize thee In the
• Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.

1T The n the Priest shall say,

WE receive this Child
into the congregation
of Christ's flock,
and do sign him
with the sign of
the Cross, in token that here
after he shall not be ashamed
to confess the faith of Christ
crucified, and manfully to
fight under his banner, against
sin, the world, and the devil;
and to continue Christ's faith
ful soldier and servant unto
his life's end. Amen.

s Then shall the Priest say,

SEEING now, dearly be
loved brethren, that this
Child is regenerate, and graft
ed into the body of Christ's
Church, let us give thanks
unto Almighty God for these
benefits; and with one ac
cord make our prayers unto
him, that this Child may lead
the rest of his life according
to this beginning.

1T Then shall be said, all kneeling ;

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be
thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in
earth, As it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that
trespass against us. And
lead us not into temptation ;

But deliver us from evil.
Amen.

H Then shall the Priest say,

WE yield thee hearty
thanks, most merciful
Father, that it hath pleased
thee to regenerate this Infant
with thy holy Spirit, to re
ceive him for thine own Child
by adoption, and to incorpo
rate him into thy holy Church.
And humbly we beseech thee
to grant, that he, being dead
unto sin, and living unto right
eousness, and being buried
with Christ in his death, may
crucify the old man, and ut
terly abolish the whole body
of sin ; and that, as he is
made partaker of the death
of thy Son, he may also be
partaker of his resurrection ;
so that finally, with the resi
due of thy holy Church, he
may be an inheritor of thine
everlasting kingdom; through
Christ our Lord. Amtn.

1T Then, all standing up, the Priest shall say
to the Godfathers and Godmotliei's this Ex
hort at ion following.

f ^ORASMUCH as this
Child hath promised by
you his sureties to renounce
the devil and all his works,
to believe in God, and to
serve him ; ye must remem
ber, that it is your parts and
duties to see that this Infant
be taught, so soon as he shall
be able to learn, what a so
lemn vow, promise, and pro
fession, he hath here made by
you. And that he may know

Private Baptism of Infants.

these things the better, ye
shall call upon him to hear Ser
mons; and chiefly ye shall pro
vide, that he may learn the
Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and
the Ten Commandments, in
the vulgar tongue, and all o-
ther things which a Christian
ought to know and believe
to his soul's health; and that
this Child may be virtuously
brought up to lead a godly
and a Christian life; remem
bering always, that Baptism
doth represent unto us our
profession; which is, to follow
the example of our Saviour
Christ, and to be made like
unto him ; that, as he died,

and rose again for us. so
should we, who are baptized,
die from sin, and rise again
unto righteousness ; continu
ally mortifying all our evil
and corrupt affections, and
daily proceeding in all virtue
and godliness or living.

f Then shall he add and say,

YE are to take care that
this Child be brought to
the Bishop to be confirmed
by him, so soon as he can say
the Creed, the Lord's Prayer,
and the Ten Commandments,
in the vulgar tongue, and be
further instructed in the
Church-Catechism set forth

for that purpose.

IT is certain by God's Word, that Children which are baptized, dying
before they commit actual sin, are undoubtedly saved.

To take away all scruple concerning the use of the sign of the Cross in
Baptism ; the true explication thereof, and the just reasons for the retaining
of it, may be seen in the xxxth Canon, first published in the Year MDCIV.

THE MINISTRATION OF

PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN

IN HOUSES.

And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and necessity they procure not
their Children to be baptized at home in their houses. But when need shall compel them so to
do, then Baptism shall be administered on this fashion i

First, let the Minister of the Parish (or, in his absence, any other lavful Minister thitt can
be procured) tvith them that are present call upon God, «nd say the Lord's Prayer, and so
many of the Collects appointed to be said before in the Form of Publick Baptism, as the time
and present exigence mil suffer. And then, the Child being named by some one that is present,
the Minister shall pour Water upon it, saying these words ;

NI baptize thee In the
• Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.

all kneeling down, the Minister shall
give thank* unto God, and say,

WE yield thee hearty
thanks, most merciful
Father, that it hath pleased
thee to regenerate t his Infant
with thy holy Spirit, to re
ceive him for thine own

Private Baptism of Infants.

Child by adoption, and to in-
corporate him into thy holy
Church. And we humbly
beseech thee to grant, that as
he is now made partaker of
the death of thy Son, so he
may be also of his resurrec
tion ; and that finally, with
the residue of thy Saints, he
may inherit thine everlasting
kingdom ; through the same
thy Son Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

* And let them, not doubt, but that the Child
to baptized is lawfully and sufficiently bap
tized, and ought not to be baptized again. Yet
nevertheless, if the Child, which is after
this sort baptized, do afterivard live, it is
expedient that it be brought into the Church,
to the intent that, if the Minister of the
tame Parish did hinuelf baptize that Child,
the Congregation may be certified of the
true Form of Baptism, by him privately be
fore used : In which case he shall say thus,

1 Certify you, that accord
ing to the due and pre
scribed Order of the Church,
at such a time, and at such a
place, before divers witnesses
I baptized this Child.

9 But if the Child were baptized by any other
lawfnl Minister ; then the Minister of the
Parish, where the Child was born or christen-
«d, shall examine and try whether the Child
be lawfully baptized, or no. In which case, if
those that brine any Child to the Church do
answer, that the same Child if already bap
tized, then shall the Minuter examine them
further, saying,

BY whom was this Child
baptized ?

Who was present when
this Child was baptized ?

Because some tilings essen
tial to this Sacrament may
happen to be omitted through
fear or haste, in such times
of extremity ; therefore I de
mand further of you,

With what matter was this
Child baptized ?

With what words was this
Child baptized?

U And if the Minister shall find by the answers
of such as bring the Child, that all things
were done as tliey ought to be; then shall
not he chrhiten the Child again, but shall
receive him as one of the flock of true Chris
tian people, saying thus,

1 Certify you, that in this
case all is well done, and
according unto due order,
concerning the baptizing of
this Child ; who being born
in original sin, and in the
wrath of God, is now, by the
laver of Regeneration in Bap
tism, received into the number
of the children of God, and
heirs of everlasting life : for
our Lord Jesus Christ doth
not deny his grace and mercy
unto such Infants, but most
lovingly doth call them unto
him, as the holy Gospel doth
witness to our comfort on this
wise.

St. Mark x. 13.

THEY brought young
children to Christ, that
he should touch them; and
his disciples rebuked those
that brought them. But
when Jesus saw it, he was
much displeased, and said
unto them, Suffer the little
children to come unto me,
and forbid them not ; for of
such is the kingdom of God.
Verily I say unto you, Whoso
ever shall not receive the
kingdom of God as a little
child, he shall not enter

Private Baptism of Infants.

therein. And he took them
up in his arms, put his hands
upon them, and blessed them.

H After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall
make this briff Exhortation upon the words
of t lie Gospel.

T>E LOVED, ye hear in
JiJ this Gospel the words of
our Saviour Christ, that he
commanded the children to
be brought unto him ; how
he blamed those that would
have kept them from him ;
how he exhorted all men to
follow their innocency. Ye
perceive how by his outward
gesture and deed he declared
his good will toward them ;
for he embraced them in his
arms, he laid his hands up
on them, and blessed them.
Doubt ye not therefore, but
earnestly believe, that he hath
likewise favourably received
this present Infant; that he
hath embraced him with the
arms of his mercy ; and (as
he hath promised in his holy
Word) will give unto him the
blessing of eternal life, and
make him partaker of his
everlasting kingdom. Where
fore, we being thus persuaded
of the good will of our hea
venly Father, declared by his
Son Jesus Christ, towards this
Infant, let us faithfully and de
voutly give thanks unto him,
and say the Prayer which the
Lord himself taught us :

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done in earth, As;
it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As
we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not
into temptation ; But deliver
us from evil. Amen.

A LMIGHTY and ever-
JLJL lasting God, heavenly
Father, we give thee humble
thanks, that thou hast vouch
safed to call us to the know
ledge of thy grace, and faith
in thee ; Increase this know- 1
ledge, and confirm this faith 1
in us evermore. Give thy1
holy Spirit to this Infant, that|
he, being born again, and be- 1
ing made an heir of everlast
ing salvation, through our
Lord Jesus Christ, may con
tinue thy servant, and attain
thy promise ; through the
same our Lord Jesus Christ
thy Son, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the
Holy Spirit, now and for ever, j
Amen.

1 Then shall the Priest demand the Name </
the Child; which being by tlu Godfather*
and Godmotliers pronwnced, the Minister
shall say,

DOST thou, in the Name
of this Child, renounce
the devil and all his works,
the vain pomp and glory of
this world, with all covetous
desires of the same, and the
carnal desires of the flesh, so
that thou wilt not follow, nor
be led by them ?
Answer. I renounce them all.

•
Private Baptism of Infants.

Minister.

DOST thou believe in God
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth ?

And in Jesus Christ his
only-begotten Son our Lord ?
And that he was conceived
by the Holy Ghost'; born of
the Virgin Mary ; that he
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and
buried; that he went down
-into hell, and also did rise
again the third' day ; that he
ascended into heaven, and
sittetff at tfie right hand of
God the Father Almighty;
and from thence shall come
again at the end of the world,
to judge the quick and the
dead?

And dost thou believe in
the Holy Ghost ; the holy
Gatholick Church ; the Com
munion of Saints ; the Re
mission of sins; the Resur
rection of the flesh ; and ever
lasting life after death?

Answer. All this I sted-
fastly believe.

Minister.

X1TILT thou then obedi-
V V ently keep God's holy
will and commandments, and
walk in the same all the days
of thy life?

Answer. I will.

Then the Priest shall sal/,

XllTE receive this Child in-
» T to the congregation
tZ$%S?f8£ of Christ's flock,*
chwt and do sign him

with the sign of the Cross, in
token that hereafter he shall
not be ashamed to confess the
faith of Christ crucified, and
manfully to fight under his
banner, against sin, the world,
and the devil ; and to con
tinue Christ's faithful soldier
and servant unto his life's
end. Amen.

IT Then shall the Priest say,

SEEING now, dearly be
loved brethren, that this
Child is by Baptism regene
rate, and grafted into the
body of Christ's Church, let
us give thanks unto Almighty
God for these benefits; and
with one accord make our
prayers unto him, that he may
lead the rest of his life ac
cording to this beginning.

IT Then shall the Priest 'say,

WE yield thee most hear
ty thanks, most merci
ful Father, that it hath pleased
thee to regenerate this Infant
with thy holy Spirit, to re
ceive him for thine own Child
by adoption, and to incorpo
rate him into thy holy Church.
And humbly we beseech thee
to grant, that he, being dead
unto sin, and living unto right
eousness, and being buried
with Christ in his death, may
crucify the old man, and ut
terly abolish the whole body
of sin; and that, as he is
made partaker of the death
of thy Son, he may also be
partaker of his resurrection ;

Publkk Baptism of such as are of Riper Years.

so that finally, with the resi
due of thy holy Church, he
may be an inheritor of thine
everlasting kingdom; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

1T Then, all standing up, the Minister shall
/nake this Exhortation to the Godfathers and
Godmothers.

FORASMUCH as this
Child hath promised by
you his sureties to renounce
the devil and all his works,
to believe in God, and to
serve him; ye must remem
ber, that it is your parts and
duties to see that this Infant
be taught, so soon as he shall
be able to learn, what a so
lemn vow, promise, and pro
fession he hath made by
you. And that he may know
these things the better, ye
shall call upon him to hear
Sermons ; and chiefly ye shall
provide, that he may learn
the Creed, the Lord's Prayer,
and the Ten Commandments,
in the vulgar tongue, and all
other things which a Chris
tian ought to know and be
lieve to his soul's health; and

that this Child may be vir
tuously brought up to lead a
godly and a Christian life :
remembering alway, that
Baptism doth represent unto'
us our profession; which is,
to follow the example of our
Saviour Christ, and to be
made like unto him ; that, as
he died, and rose again for
us, so should we, who are
baptized, die from sin, and
rise again unto righteous
ness ; continually mortifying
all our evil and corrupt affec
tions, and daily proceeding
in all virtue and godliness of
living.

1T But if they which bring the Infant to the
Church do make such uncertain answers to
the Priest's questions, as that it cannot ap-
pear that the Child was baptized with Wa
ter, In the Name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, (which
are essential parts of Baptism,) then let the
Priest baptize it in the form before ap
pointed for Publick Baptism of Infants;
saving that at the dipping of the Child in the
Font, he shall use this form of words.

IF thou art not already bap
tized, N. I baptize thec
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost Amen.

THE MINISTRATION OF

BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS,

AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES.

When any such persons, as are of riper years, are to be baptized, timely notice shall be given t»

tltey may be exhorted to prepare themselves vnth Prayers and Fasting for the receiving qfthis
holy Sacrament.

« And if they shall be found fit, then the Godfathers and Godmothers (the people being as-
9gnmti ttpon tht Svndny or Holy-day appointed) shall be ready to present them at the Font

Publick Baptism of such as are of Riper Years.

immediately after the second Lesson, cither at Morning or Evening Prayer, as the Cwate in
his discretion shall think fit.

And standing there, the Priest shall ask, whetlier any of the persons here presented be baptized,
or no: ff they shall answer, No ; then shall the Pnest say thus,

foras-

are

DEARLY beloved,
much as all men
conceived and born in sin,
(and that which is born of
the flesh is flesh,) and they
that are in the flesh can
not please God, but live in
sin, committing many actual
transgressions; and that our
Saviour Christ saith, None
can enter into the kingdom
of God, except he be regene
rate and born anew of Water
and of the holy Ghost ; I be
seech you to call upon God
the Father, through our Lord
Jesus Christ, that of his
bounteous goodness he will
grant to these persons that
which by nature they cannot
have ; that they may be bap
tized with Water and the
holy Ghost, and received into
Christ's holy Church, and be
made lively members of the
same.

H Then shall the Priest say,

Let us pray.

CIT And here all the Congregation shall kneel.)

\ L MIGHTY and ever-
,/jL lasting God, who of
thy great mercy didst save
Noah and his family in the
ark from perishing by wa
ter; and also didst safely
lead the children of Israel
thy people through the Red
Sea, figuring thereby thy holy
Baptism; and by the Bap

tism of thy well-beloved Son
Jesus Christ, in the river Jor
dan, didst sanctify the ele
ment of Water to the mysti
cal washing away of sin ; We
beseech thee, for thine infi
nite mercies, that thou wilt
mercifully look upon these thy
servants; wash them and sanc
tify them with the holy Ghost,
that they, being delivered
from thy wrath, may be re
ceived into the ark of Christ's
Church ; and being sted-
fast in faith, joyful through
hope, and rooted in charity,
may so pass the waves of this
troublesome world, that final
ly they may come to the land
of everlasting life, there to
reign with thee world with
out end; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and im
mortal God, the aid of
all that need, the helper of all
that flee to thee for succour,
the life of them that believe,
and the resurrection of the
dead ; We call upon thee for
these persons, that they, com
ing to thy holy Baptism, may
receive remission of their sins
by spiritual regeneration. Re
ceive them, O Lord, as thou
hast promised by thy well-
beloved Son, saying, Ask, and
ye shall receive; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it
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Publick Baptism of such as are of Riper Years.

shall be opened unto you:
So give now unto us that
ask; let us that seek find;
open the gate unto us that
knock ; that these persons may
enjoy the everlasting benedic
tion of thy heavenly wash
ing, and may come to the
eternal kingdom which thou
hast promised by Christ our
Lord. Amen.

f Then shall the people stand up, and the
Priest shall say,

Hear the words of the Gospel,
written by Saint John, in
the third Chapter, begin
ning at the first Verse.

THERE was a man of the
Pharisees, named Nico-
demus, a ruler of the Jews.
The same came to Jesus by
night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou
art a teacher come from God;
for no man can do these mi
racles that thou doest, except
God be with him. Jesus an
swered and said unto him,
Verily, verily I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of
God. Nicodemus saith unto
him, How can a man be born
when he is old ? Can he enter
the second time into his mo
ther's womb, and be born?
Jesus answered, Verily, verily
I say unto thee, Except a
man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter
into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the

flesh is flesh; and that which
is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto
thee, Ye must be bom again.
The wind bloweth where it
listeth, and thou nearest the
sound thereof; but canst not
tell whence it com.eth, and
whither it goeth : so is every
one that is born of the Spirit.

U After which he shall say this Exhortation
f allotting .

BELOVED, ye hear in this
Gospel the express words
of our Saviour Christ, that
except a man be born of wa
ter and of the Spirit, he can
not enter into the kingdom
of God. Whereby ye may-
perceive the great necessity
of this Sacrament, where it
may be had. Likewise, im
mediately before his ascen
sion into heaven, (as we read
in the last Chapter of Saint
Mark's Gospel,) he gave com
mand to his disciples, saying,
Go ye into all the world, and
preach the Gospel to every
creature. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved ;
but he that believeth not
shall be damned. Which also
sheweth unto us the great
benefit we reap thereby. For
which cause Saint Peter the
Apostle, when upon his first
preaching of the Gospel many
were pricked at the heart,
and said to him and the rest
of the Apostles, Men and
brethren, what shall we do?

Publick Baptism of such as are of Riper Years.

replied and said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized every
one of you for the remission
of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is to you and
your children, and to all that
are afar off, even as many as
the Lord our God shall call.
And with many other words
exhorted he them, saying,
Save yourselves from this un
toward generation. For (as
the same Apostle testified! in
another place) even Baptism
doth also now save us, (not
the putting away of the filth
of the flesh, but the answer
of a good conscience towards
God,) by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. Doubt ye not
therefore, but earnestly be
lieve, that he will favourably
receive these present persons,
truly repenting, and coming
unto him by faith; that he
will grant them remission of
their sins, and bestow upon
them the holy Ghost ; that he
will give them the blessing
of eternal life, and make them
partakers of his everlasting
kingdom.

Wherefore we being thus
persuaded of the good will of
our heavenly Father towards
tJtese persons, declared by his
Son Jesus Christ; let us faith
fully and devoutly give thanks
to him, and say,

ALMIGHTY and ever
lasting God, heavenly

Father, we give thee humble
thanks, for that thou hast
vouchsafed to call us to the
knowledge of thy grace, and
faith in thee : Increase this
knowledge, and confirm this
faith in us evermore. Give
thy holy Spirit to these per
sons, that they may be born
again, and be made heirs of
everlasting salvation; through
our Lord Jesus Christ, who
liveth and reigneth with thee
and the Holy Spirit, now and
for ever. Amen.

1T Then the Priest sliall speak to the persons
to be baptized on this wise :

WELL-BELOVED, who
are come hither desir
ing to receive holy Baptism,
ye have heard how the con
gregation hath prayed, that
our Lord Jesus Christ would
vouchsafe to receive you and
bless you, to release you of
your sins, to give you the
kingdom of heaven, and ever
lasting life. Ye have heard
also, that our Lord Jesus
Christ hath promised in his
holy Word to grant all those
things that we have prayed
for; which promise he, for
his part, will most surely keep
and perform.

Wherefore, after this pro
mise made by Christ, ye must
also faithfully, for your part,
promise in the presence of
these your Witnesses, and
this whole congregation, that
ye will renounce the devil and
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Publick Baptism of such as are of Riper Years.

all his works> and constantly
believe God's holy Word, and
obediently keep his com
mandments.

1T Then shall the Priest demand qf each of the
persons to he baptized, severally, these Ques
tions following :

Question.

DOST thou renounce the
devil and all his works,
the vain pomp and glory of
the world, with all covetous
desires of the same, and the
carnal desires of the flesh, so
that thou wilt not follow, nor
be led by them?

Answer. I renounce them
all.

Question.

DOST thou believe in God
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth ?

And in Jesus Christ his
only-begotten Son our Lord ?
And that he was conceived
by the Holy Ghost; born of
the Virgin Mary ; that he
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and bu
ried ; that he went down into
hell, and also did rise again
the third day; that he as
cended into neaven, and sit-
teth at the right hand of God
the Father Almighty ; and
from thence shall come again
at the end of the world, to
judge the quick and the
dead?

And dost thou believe in
the Holy Ghost; the holy
Catholick Church ; the Com
munion of Saints ; the Re

mission of sins; the Resur
rection of the flesh ; and
everlasting life after death ?

Answer. All this I sted-
fastly believe.

Question.

WILT thou be baptized
in this faith ?

Answer. That is my desire.
Question.

WILT thou then obedi
ently keep God's holy
will and commandments, and
walk in the same all the days
of thy life?

Answer. I will endeavour
so to do, God being my
helper.

1T Then shall the Priest say,

O Merciful God, grant that
the old Adam in these
persons may be so buried, that
the new man may be raised
up in them. Amen.

Grant that all carnal affec
tions may die in them, and
that all things belonging to
the Spirit may live and grow
in them. Amen.

Grant that they may have
power and strength to have
victory, and to triumph,
against the devil, the world,
and the flesh. Amen.

Grant that they, being here
dedicated to thee by our of
fice and ministry, may also
be endued with heavenly vir
tues, and everlastingly re
warded, through thy mercy,
O blessed Lord God, who
dost live, and govern all

Publick Baptism of such as are of Riper Years.

things, world without end.
Amen.

A LMIGHTY, everliving
JLX God, whose most dearly
beloved Son Jesus Christ, for
the forgiveness of our sins,
did shed out of his most
precious side both water and
blood, and gave command
ment to his disciples, that
they should go teach all na
tions, and baptize them In
the Name of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost;
Regard, we beseech thee, the
supplications of this congre
gation; sanctify this Water
to the mystical washing away
of sin ; and grant that the
persons now to be baptized
therein may receive the ful
ness of thy grace, and ever
remain in the number of thy
faithful and elect children,
through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

1 Then shalt the Priest take each person to be
baptized by the right hand, and placing him
conveniently by the Font, according to his
discretion, shall ask the Godfathers and
Godmothers the Name; and then shall dip
him in the water, or pour water upon him,
faying,

NI baptize thee In the
• Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.

U Then shall the Priest say,

WE receive this person
into the congregation

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with the sign of
the Cross, in token that here

after he shall not be ashamed
to confess the faith of Christ
crucified, and manfully to
fight under his banner, against
sin, the world, and the devil ;
and to continue Christ's faith
ful soldier and servant unto
his life's end. Amen.

IT Then shell the Priest say,

SEEING now, dearly be
loved brethren, that these
persons are regenerate, and
grafted into the body of
Christ's Church, let us give
thanks unto Almighty God
for these benefits, and with
one accord make our prayers
unto him, that they may lead
the rest of their life accord
ing to this beginning.

V Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, all
kneeling.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, As
it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As
we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not
into temptation ; But deliver
us from evil. Amen.

WE yield thee humble
thanks, O heavenly
Father, that thou hast vouch
safed to call us to the know
ledge of thy grace, and faith
in tnee; Increase this know
ledge, and confirm this faith
in us evermore. Give thy
holy Spirit to these persons;

Publick Baptism of such as are of Riper Years.

that, being now bom again,
and made heirs of everlasting
salvation, through our Lord
Jesus Christ, they may con
tinue thy servants, and attain
thy promises; through the
same Lord Jesus Christ thy
Son, who liveth and reigneth
with thee, in the unity of
the same Holy Spirit, ever
lastingly. Amen.

IT Then, all standing up, the Priest shall use
this Exhortationfollowing ; speaking to the
Godfathers and Godmothers jirst.

FORASMUCH as these
persons have promised in
your presence to renounce
the devil and all his works,
to believe in God, and to
serve him ; ye must remem
ber, that it is your part and
duty to put them in mind,
what a solemn vow, promise,
and profession they have now
made before this congrega
tion, and especially before
you their chosen witnesses.
And ye are also to call upon
them to use all diligence to
be rightly instructed in God's
holy Word; that so they may

grow in grace, and in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and live godly, right
eously, and soberly in this
present world.

(•$ And then, speaking to the new baptized
persons, he shall proceed, and say,}

AND as for you, who
have now by Baptism
put on Christ, it is your part
and duty also, being made
the children of God and of
the light, by faith in Jesus
Christ, to walk answerably to
your Christian calling, and
as becometh the children of
light ; remembering always
that Baptism represented! un
to us our profession; which
is, to follow the example of
our Saviour Christ, and to be
made like unto him ; that as
he died, and rose again for
us ; so should we, who are
baptized, die from sin, and
rise again unto righteous
ness ; continually mortifying
all our evil and corrupt af
fections, and daily proceed
ing in all virtue and godli
ness of living.

It is expedient that evej-y person, thus baptized,, should be confirmed by the Bishop so soon
after his Baptism as conveniently may be ; that so he may be aamitted to the holy
Communion.

If any persons not baptized yi their iiij.dnsy shall br brqught to be baptized before they come
to years of discretion to answer for thtmselrej ; it may suffice to use the Office for Publick
sm of Jnjantt, or (in case of extreme danger) the "Office for Private Baptism ; only
ing the wrd [Infant] for [Child of Person] as occasion requireth.

A CATECHISM,

THAT IS TO SAY,

AN INSTRUCTION TO BE LEARNED OF EVERY PERSON, BEFORE HE BE
BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BISHOP.

Question.

WHAT is your Name?
Answer. N. or M.

Question. Who gave you
this Name?

Answer. My Godfathers
land Godmothers in my Bap
tism ; wherein I was made a
member of Christ, the child
of God, and an inheritor of
the kingdom of heaven.

Question. What did your
Godfathers and Godmothers
then for you?

Answer. They did promise
and vow three things in my
name. First, that I should re
nounce the devil and all his
works, the pomps and vanity
of this wicked world, and all
the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Secondly, that I should be
lieve all the Articles of the
Christian Faith. And thirdly,
that I should keep God's holy
will and commandments, and
walk in the same all the days
of my life.

Question. Dost thou not
think that thou art bound to
believe, and to do, as they
Lave promised for thee?

Anszuer. Yes verily ; and
by God's help so I will. And
I heartily thank our heavenly
Father, that he hath called
me to this state of salvation,
through Jesus Christ our Sa
viour. And I pray unto God

to give me his grace, that I
may continue in the same
unto my life's end.

Catechist. Rehearse the Ar
ticles of thy Belief.
Answer.

I Believe in God the Fa
ther Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth :

And in Jesus Christ his
only Son our Lord, Who was
conceived by the Holy Ghost,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pi
late, Was crucified, dead, and
buried, He descended into
hell ; The third day he rose
again from the dead, He as
cended into heaven, And sit-
teth at the right hand of
God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to
judge the quick and the
dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The holy Catholick Church ;
The Communion of Saints ;
The Forgiveness of sins ; The
Resurrection of the body ;
And the Life everlasting,
Amen

Question. What dost thou
chiefly learn in these Articles
of thy Belief?

Answer. First, I learn to be
lieve in God the Father, who
hath made me, and all the
world.

Secondly, in God the Son,

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who hath redeemed me, and
all mankind.

Thirdly, in God the Holy
Ghost, who sanctifieth me,
and all the elect people of
God.

Question. You said, that
your Godfathers and Godmo
thers did promise for you,
that you should keep God's
Commandments. Tell me
how many there be ?

Answer. Ten.

Question. Which be they ?
Answer.

THE same which God
spake in the twentieth
Chapter of Exodus, saying, I
am the Lord thy God, who
brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.

I. Thou shalt have none
other gods but me.

II. Thou shalt not make
to thyself any graven image,
nor the likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or
in the earth beneath, or in
the water under the earth.
Thou shalt not bow down to
them, nor worship them : for
I the Lord thy God am a
jealous God, and visit the
sins of the fathers upon the
children, unto the third and
fourth generation of them
that hate me, and shew mercy
unto thousands in them that
love me, and keep my com
mandments.

III. Thou shalt not take

the Name of the Lord trrj]
God in vain : for the Lore]
will not hold him guiltless]
that taketh his Name iri
vain.

IV. Remember that thou]
keep holy the Sabbath-
day. Six days shalt thou laJ
bour, and do all that thou]
hast to do ; but the seventh]
day is the Sabbath of the]
Lord thy God. In it thou
shalt do no manner of work,
thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, thy man-servant,
and thy maid-servant, thy
cattle, and the stranger that
is within thy gates. For in
six days the Lord made hea-i
ven and earth, the sea, and!
all that in them is, and rested!
the seventh day; wherefore i
the Lord blessed the seventh i
day, and hallowed it.

V. Honour thy father and
thy mother, that thy days
may be long in the land
which the Lord thy God
giveth thee.

VI. Thou shalt do no
murder.

VII. Thou shalt not com
mit adultery.

VIII. Thou shalt not steal.

IX. Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy
neighbour.

X. Thou shalt not covet
thy neighbour's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neigh
bour's wife, nor his servant,
nor his maid, nor his ox,

A Catechism.

lor his ass, nor any thing

)r ;hat is his.

Question. What dost thou

chiefly learn by these com-

nandments ?

OIi ,, Answer. I learn two things :
my duty towards God, and
v;ny duty towards my Neigh-

Question. What is thy duty

j co wards God ?

,, Answer. My duty towards

;' Grod, is to believe in him, to

fear him, and to love him

' with all my heart, with all

jmy mind, with all my soul,

*:and with all my strength ; to

3 worship him, to give him

thanks, to put my whole trust

in him, to call upon him, to

honour his holy Name and

his Word, and to serve him

truly all the days of my life.

Question. What is thy duty
towards thy Neighbour ?

Answer. My duty towards
my Neighbour, is to love him
as myself, and to do to all
; men, as I would they should
do unto me: To love, honour,
land succour my father and
mother : To honour and obey
the King, and all that are put
in authority under him : To
submit myself to all my go-
vernours, teachers, spiritual
pastors and masters: To order
myself lowly and reverently
to all my betters: To hurt
no body by word nor deed :
To be true and just in all my
dealing : To bear no malice

nor hatred in my heart : To
keep my hands from picking
and stealing, and my tongue
from evil-speaking, lying, and
slandering : To keep my body
in temperance, soberness, and
chastity : Not to covet nor
desire other men's goods; but
to learn and labour truly to
get mine own living, and to
do my duty in that state of
life, unto which it shall please
God to call me.

Catechist. My good Child,
know this, that thou art not
able to do these things of thy
self, nor to walk in the Com
mandments of God, and to
serve him, without his special
grace; which thou must learn
at all times to call for. by dili
gent prayer. Let me hear
therefore, if thou canst say
the Lord's Prayer.
Answer.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be
thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in
earth, As it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that tres
pass against us. And lead us
not into temptation ; But de
liver us from evil. Amen.

Question. What desirest
thou of God in this Prayer ?

Answer. I desire my Lord
God our heavenly Father,
who is the giver of all good
ness, to send his grace unto

A Catechism.

me, and to all people; that
we may worship him, serve
him, and obey him, as we
ought to do. And I pray
unto God, that he will send
us all things that be needful
both for our souls and bo
dies ; and that he will be
merciful unto us, and forgive
us our sins; and that it will
please him to save and defend
us in all dangers ghostly and
bodily ; and that he will
keep us from all sin and
wickedness, and from our
ghostly enemy, and from
everlasting death. And this I
trust he will do of his mercy
and goodness, through our
Lord Jesus Christ. And there
fore I say, Amen, So be it.
Question.

HOW many Sacraments
hath Christ ordained in
his Church ?

Answer. Two only, as gene
rally necessary to salvation,
that is to say, Baptism, and
the Supper of the Lord.

Question. What meanest
thou by this word Sacra
ment?

Answer. I mean an out
ward and visible sign of an
inward and spiritual grace
given unto us, ordained by
Christ himself, as a means
whereby we receive the same,
and a pledge to assure us
thereof.

Question. How many parts
are there in a Sacrament ?

Answer. Two; the out
ward visible sign, and the in
ward spiritual grace.

Question. Wnat is the out
ward visible sign or form it
Baptism ?

Answer. Water ; wherein!
the person is baptized In the*
Name of the Father, and oj
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Question. What is the in
ward and spiritual grace?

Answer. A death unto sin,
and a new birth unto right
eousness : for being by na
ture born in sin, and the
children of wrath, we are
hereby made the children of
grace.

Question. What is required
of persons to be baptized?

Answer. Repentance, where
by they forsake sin ; and
Faith, whereby they stedfast-
ly believe the promises of
God made to them in that
Sacrament.

Question. Why then are
Infants baptized, when by
reason of their tender age
they cannot perform them?

Answer. Because they pro
mise them both by their Sure
ties ; which promise, when
they come to age, themselves
are bound to perform.

Question. Why was the
Sacrament of the Lord's Sup
per ordained?

Answer. For the continual
remembrance of the sacrifice
of the death of Christ, and

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I of the benefits which we re
ceive thereby.

Question. What is the out-
tward part or sign of the
Lord's Supper ?

Answer. Bread and Wine,
which the Lord hath com
manded to be received.

Question. What is the in-
i ward part, or thing signified ?

Answer. The Body and
Blood of Christ, which are
verily and indeed taken and
received by the faithful in the
Lord's Supper.

Question. What are the be
nefits whereof we are partak
ers thereby ?

Ansrver. The strengthen
ing and refreshing of our
souls by the Body and Blood
of Christ, as our bodies are
by the Bread and Wine.

Question. What is required
of them who come to the
Lord's Supper?

Answer. To examine them
selves, whether they repent
them truly of their former
sins, stedfastly purposing to
lead a new life; have a lively
faith in God's mercy through
Christ, with a thankful re
membrance of his death ;
and be in charity with all
men.

f The Curate of every Parish shall diligently upon Sundays and Holy-days, after the second
Lesson at Evening Prayer, openly in the Church instruct and examine so many Children of
his Parish sent unto him, as he shall think convenient, in some part of this Catechism.

H And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Dames, shall cause their Children, Servants, and
Apprentices, (which have not learned their Catechism,) to come to the Church at the time
appointed, and obediently to hear, ami be ordered by the Curate, until suck time as they have
learned all that is here appointed for them to learn.

H So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say, in their Mother Tongue, the
Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ttn Commandments; 'and also can ansiver to the other
Question* of this short Catechism ; they shall be brought to the Bishop. And every one shall
have a Gotlfather, or a Godmother, as a Witness of their Confirmation.

f And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be brought unto him for
their Confirmation, the Curate of every Paiish shall either bring, or send in writing, with his
hand subscribed thereunto, the names of all such persons within his Parish, as he shall think
fit to be presented to the Bishop to be confirmed. And, if the Bishop approve of them, he shall
confirm them in manner following..

THE ORDER OF

CONFIRM ATION,

OR LAYING ON OF HANDS UPON THOSE THAT ARE BAPTIZED AND COME
TO YEARS OF DISCRETION.

1T Upon the day appointed, nil that are to be then confinned, being placed, and standing in order,
before the Bishop ; he (or somt other Minuter appointed by him) shall read this Prefact
following.

TO the end that Confirma- hath thought good to order,

tion may be ministered That none hereafter shall be

to the more edifying of such Confirmed, but such as can

as shall receive it, the Church say the Creed, the Lord'*

The Order of Conformation.

Prayer, and the Ten Com
mandments; and can also an
swer to such other Questions,
as in the short Catechism are
contained : which order is
very convenient to be observ
ed; to the end, that children,
being now come to the years
of discretion, and having
learned what their Godfa
thers and Godmothers pro
mised for them in Baptism,
they may themselves, with
their own mouth and consent,
openly before the Church,
ratify and confirm the same ;
and also promise, that by the
grace of God they will ever
more endeavour themselves
faithfully to observe such
things, as they, by their
own confession, have assent
ed unto.

1T Then shall the Bishop say,

DO ye here, in the pre
sence of God, and of
this congregation, renew the
solemn promise and vow that
was made in your name at
your Baptism ; ratifying and
confirming the same in your
own persons, and acknow
ledging yourselves bound to
believe, and to do, all those
things, which your Godfa
thers and Godmothers then
undertook for you?

f And every one shall audibly answer,

I do.
The Bishop.

OUR help is in the Name
of the Lord;

Answer. Who hath made
heaven and earth.

Bishop. Blessed be the
Name of the Lord ;

Answer. Henceforth, world
without end.

Bishop. Lord, hear our
prayers.

Answer. And let our cry
come unto thee.
The Bishop. Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY and ever-
living God, who hast
vouchsafed to regenerate these j|
thy servants by Water and i>
the holy Ghost, and hast ji
given unto them forgiveness ji
of all their sins ; Strengthen ji
them, we beseech thee, O |
Lord, with the Holy Ghost !
the Comforter, and daily in- |
crease in them thy manifold |
gifts of grace; the spirit of !
wisdom and understanding; I
the spirit of counsel and ;
ghostly strength ; the spi- !
rit of knowledge and true |
godliness; and fill them, O
Lord, with the spirit of thy
holy fear, now and for ever.
Amen.

V Then all flfthem in order kneeling before the
Bisliop, he shall lay his hand upon the head
of every one setei'ally, saying,

DEFEND, O Lord, this
thy Child [or this thy
Servant] with thy heavenly
grace, that he may continue
thine for ever ; and daily in
crease in thy holy Spirit more
and more, until he come un
to thy everlasting kingdom.
Amen.

The Order of Confirmation.

IT Then shall the Bishnu say,

The Lord be with you.
Answer. And with thy spirit.

1 And (all kneeling down) the Bishop shall
add,

Let us pray.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy
'Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, As
it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As
we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not
into temptation ; But deliver
us from evil. Amen.

And this Collect.
A LMIGHTY and ever-
\. living God, who makest
us both to will and to do
those things that be good
and acceptable unto thy di
vine Majesty ; We make our
humble supplications unto
thee for these thy servants,
upon whom (after the ex
ample of thy holy Apostles)
we have now laid our hands,
to certify them (by this sign)
of thy favour and gracious
goodness towards them. Let
thy fatherly hand, we beseech

thee, ever be over them ; let
thy Holy Spirit ever be with
them ; and so lead them in
the knowledge and obedience
of thy Word, that in the end
they may obtain everlasting
life ; through our Lord Jesus
Christ, who with thee and
the Holy Ghost liveth and
reigneth, ever one God, world
without end. Amen.

O Almighty Lord, and
everlasting God, vouch
safe, we beseech thee, to di
rect, sanctify, and govern,
both our hearts and bodies,
in the ways of thy laws, and
in the works of thy com
mandments ; that, through
thy most mighty protection
both here and ever, we may
be preserved in body and
soul ; through our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

V Then the Bishop shall bless them, saying
thus,

THE Blessing of God Al
mighty, the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost, be
upon you, and remain with
you for ever. Amen.

H And there shall none be admitted to the holy
Communion, until such time as he be confirm
ed, or be ready and desirous to be confirmed,

THE FORM OF

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

f Pint the Banns of all that are to le married togethei* must be published in the Church three
teveral Sundays, during the time of Morning Service, or of Evening Service, (if there be no
Morning Sei-vice,) immediately after the second Lesson ; ike Curate saying after the accus
tomed manner,

I Publish the Banns of Mar
riage between M. of

and N. of . If anv of

you know cause, or just im
pediment, why these two per
sons should not be joined to-

Solemnization of Matrimony.

gether in holy Matrimony,
ye are to declare it. This
is the first [second, or third]
time of asking.

^ And if the persons that are to be married
dwell in divers Parishes, the Banns must be
asked in both Parishes ; and the Curate of
the one Parish shall not solemnize Matri
mony betwixt them, without a Certificate of
the Banns being thrice asked, from the
Curate of the other Parish.

1 At the day and time appointed for solemni
zation of Matrimony t the persons to be
married shall come into the body of the
Church with their friends and neighbours :
and there standing together, the Man on
the right liand, and the Woman on the left,
the Priest siiall say,

DEARLY beloved, we are
gathered together here
in the sight of God, and in
the face of this congregation,
to join together this Man and
this Woman in holy Matri
mony; which is an honour
able estate, instituted of God
in the time of man's inno-
cency, signifying unto us the
mystical union that is be
twixt Christ and his Church;
which holy estate Christ a-
dorned and beautified with
his presence, and first miracle
that he wrought, in Cana of
Galilee ; and is commended
of Saint Paul to be honour
able among all men : and
therefore is not by any to be
enterprised, nor taken in
hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or
wantonly, to satisfy men's
carnal lusts and appetites,
like brute beasts that have no
understanding; but reverent
ly, discreetly, advisedly, so
berly, and in the fear of God ;
duly considering the causes

for which Matrimony was
ordained.

First, It was ordained for
the procreation of children,
to be brought up in the fear
and nurture of the Lord, and;
to the praise of his holy
Name.

Secondly, It was ordained
for a remedy against sin, and'
to avoid fornication; that
such persons as have not
the gift of continency might'
marry, and keep themselves
undefiled members of Christ's
body.

Thirdly, It was ordained
for the mutual society, help,
and comfort, that the one
ought to have of the other,
both in prosperity and adver
sity. Into which holy estate
these two persons present
come now to be joined.
Therefore if any man can
shew any just cause, why
they may not lawfully be
joined together, let him now
speak, or else hereafter for
ever hold his peace.

U And also, speaking unto the persons that
shall be married, he shall soy,

I Require and charge you
both, as ye will answer at
the dreadful day of judge
ment when the secrets of all
hearts shall be disclosed, that
if either of you know any
impediment, why ye may not
be lawfully joined together in
Matrimony, ye do now con
fess it. For be ye well as
sured, that so many as are

Solemnization of Matrimony.

coupled together otherwise
than God's Word doth allow
are not joined together by
God ; neither is their Matri-
mony lawful.

IT At which day of Marriage, if any man do
alledge and declare any impediment, why
they may not be coupled together in Matri
mony, by God's L:>w, or the Laws of this
Realm; and will In- bound, an,/ sufficient
sureties wUh him, to the parties; or else
put in a Caution (to the full value of such
charges as the persons to be manwd do
thereby sustain) to prove his allegation:
then the solemnization must be deferred, un
til such time as the truth be tried.

* If no impediment be alledged, then skill the
Curate say unto the Man,

T thou have this

Woman to thy wed-
ded wife, to live together af
ter God's ordinance in the
holy estate of Matrimony?
Wilt thou love her, comfort
her, honour, and keep her in
sickness and in health ; and,
forsaking all other, keep thee
Only unto her, so long as ye
both shall live ?

V The Man shall answer.

I will.

f Then shall the Priest sc.y unto the Woman,

N. V\nUT thou have this
V V Man to thy wedded
husband, to live together after
God's ordinance in the holy
estate of Matrimony ? Wilt
thou obey him, and serve
him, love, honour, and keep
him in sickness and in health;
and, forsaking all other, keep
thee only unto him, so long
as ye both shall live ?

IT TJie Woman shall answer,

I will.

V Then shall the Minister gay,

Who giveth this Woman to
be married to this Man ?

f Then shall they give their troth to each
other in this manner.

Tlie Minister, receiving the Woman at hm fa
ther's or friend's hands, shall cause tlie Man
with his right hand to take the Woman by
her right hand, and to say after him as
followeth.

M. take thee N. to my
JL wedded wife, to have and
to hold from this day for
ward, for better for worse, for
richer for poorer, in sickness
and in health, to love and to
cherish, till death us do part,
according to God's holy ordi
nance ; and thereto I plight
thee my troth.

1T Then sliall they loose their hands ; and the
Woman, with her right hand taking the
Man by his right hand, shall likewise say

rter the Minister,
N. take thee M. to my
wedded husband, to have
and to hold from this day
forward, for better for worse,
for richer for poorer, in sick
ness and in health, to love,
cherish, and to obey, till
death us do part, according
to God's holy ordinance ;
and thereto I give thee my
troth.

1T Then shall they again loose their hands;
and the Man shall give unto the Woman a
Ring, laying the same upon the book with
the accustomed duty to the Priest and
Clerk. And the Prtest, taking the King,
st. nil deliver it unto the Man, to put it upon
the fourth finger of the Woman's left hand.
And t\e Man ,iolaing ihe Ring there, and
taught i.-if he Pit -t, shall say,

\17TTH this Ring I thee
T T wed, with my body I
thee worship, and with all
my worldly goods I thee en
dow : In the Name of the
Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

f Then the Man leaving the Ring upon the
f mirth Jingei' of the Woman's left hand, they
shall both kneel down; and the Minister
shall say, %

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Let us pray.

O Eternal God, Creator
and Preserver of all
mankind, Giver of all spiri
tual grace, the Author of ever
lasting life ; Send thy bless
ing upon these thy servants,
this man and this woman,
whom we bless in thy Name;
that, as Isaac and Rebecca
lived faithfully together, so
these persons may surely
perform and keep the vow
and covenant betwixt them
made, (whereof this Ring
given and received is a token
and pledge,) and may ever
remain in perfect love and
peace together, and live ac
cording to thy laws; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

* TJien shall the Priest join their right hands
together, and say,

Those whom God hath
joined together let no man
put asunder.

4 Then shall the Minister spedlc unto the
people.

FORASMUCH as M. and
N. have consented to
gether in holy wedlock, and
have witnessed the same be
fore God and this company,
and thereto have given and
pledged their troth either to
other, and have declared the
same by giving and receiving
of a Ring, and by joining of
hands; I pronounce that they
be Man and Wife together,
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.

f And the Minister shall add this Blessing.

GOD the Father, God the
Son, God the Holy
Ghost, bless, preserve, and
keep you ; the Lord merci
fully with his favour look up
on you ; and so fill you with
all spiritual benediction and
grace, that ye may so live to
gether in this life, that in the
world to come ye may have
life everlasting. Amen.

H Then the Minister or Clerks, going to the
Lord's Table, shall say or sing this Psalm
following.

Beati omnes. Psalm cxxviii.

BLESSED are all they
that fear the Lord : and
walk in his ways.

For thou shalt eat the la
bour of thine hands : O well
is thee, and happy shalt thou
be.

Thy wife shall be as the
fruitful vine : upon the walls
of thine house ;

Thy children like the olive-
branches : round about thy
table.

Lo, thus shall the man be
blessed : that feareth the
Lord.

The Lord from out of Sion
shall so bless thee : that thou
shalt see Jerusalem in prospe
rity all thy life long ;

Yea, that thou shalt see
thy children's children : and
peace upon Israel.

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son : and to the
Holy Ghost;

As it was in the begin-

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ning, is now, and ever shall
be : world without end.
Amen.

U Or this Psalm.

Deus misereatur. Psalm Ixvii.

GOD be merciful unto us,
and bless us : and shew
us the light of his counte
nance, and be merciful unto
us.

That thy way may be
known upon earth : thy sav
ing health among all nati
ons.

Let the people praise thee,
O God : yea, let all the peo
ple praise thee.

O let the nations rejoice
and be glad : for thou shalt
judge" the folk righteously,
and govern the nations upon
earth.

Let the people praise thee,
O God : yea, let all the peo
ple praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring-
forth her increase : and God,
even our own God, shall give
us his blessing.

God shall bless us : and all
the ends of the world shall
fear him.

• Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son : and to the
Holy Ghost ;

As it was in the begin
ning, is now, and ever shall
be : world without end.
Amen.

U The Psalm ended, and the Man and the
lYoman kneeling before the Lord's Talrte,
the Priest standing at the Table t and turn
ing his face towards them, shall say,

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Answer. Christ, have mercy
upon us.

Minister. Lord, have mercy
upon us.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be
thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in
earth, As it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that tres
pass against us. And lead us
not into temptation ; But de
liver us from evil. Amen.

Minister. O Lord, save thy
servant, and thy handmaid ;

Answer. Who put their
trust in thee.

Minister. O Lord, send
them help from thy holy
place ;

Answer. And evermore de
fend them.

Minister. Be unto them a
tower of strength,

Answer. From the face of
their enemy.

Minister. O Lord, hear our
prayer.

Answer. And let our cry
come unto thee.

Minister.

OGod of Abraham, God
of Isaac, God of Jacob,
bless these thy servants, and
sow the seed of eternal life in
their hearts; that whatsoever
in thy holy Word they shall
profitably learn, they may in
deed fulfil the same. Look,
O Lord, mercifully upon them

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from heaven, and bless them.
And as thou didst send thy
blessing upon Abraham and
Sarah, to their great comfort,
so vouchsafe to send thy bless
ing upon these thy servants;
that they obeying thy will,
and alway being in safety
under thy protection, may
abide in thy love unto their
lives' end ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

5 This Prayer next following shall be omitted,
where the Woman is past child-bearing.

O Merciful Lord, and hea
venly Father, by whose
gracious gift mankind is in
creased; We beseech thee, as
sist with thy blessing these
two persons, that they may
both be fruitful in procrea
tion of children, and also live
together so long in godly love
and honesty, that they may
see their children christian-
ly and virtuously brought up,
to thy praise and honour ;
through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

OGod, who by thy migh
ty power hast made all
things of nothing ; who also
(after other things set in
order) didst appoint, that out
of man (created after thine
own image and similitude)
woman should take her be
ginning; and, knitting them
together, didst teach that it
should never be lawful to put
asunder those whom thou by
Matrimony hadst made one :
O God, who hast consecrated

the state of Matrimony to
such an excellent mystery,
that in it is signified and re
presented the spiritual marri
age and unity betwixt Christ
and his 'Church; Look merci
fully upon these thy servants,
that both this man may love
his wife, according to thy
Word, (as Christ did love his
spouse the Church, who gave
himself for it, loving and
cherishing it even as his own
flesh,) and also that this wo
man may be loving and ami
able, faithful and obedient to
her husband ; and in all quiet
ness, sobriety, and peace, be
a follower or holy and godly
matrons. O Lord, bless them
both, and grant them to in
herit thy everlasting king
dom; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

f Then shall the Priest sayt

A LMIGHTY God, who
jfjL at the beginning did
create our first parents, Adam
and Eve, and did sanctify
and join them together in
marriage ; Pour upon you the
riches of his grace, sanctify
and bless you ; that ye may
please him both in body and
soul, and live together in
holy love unto your lives1
end. Amen.

V After which, if there be no Sermon declaring
the duties of Man and Wife, the Minuter
shall read asfolloweth.

ALL ye that are married,
or that intend to take
the holy estate of Matrimony

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upon you, hear what the holy
Scripture doth say as touch
ing the duty of husbands to
wards their wives, and wives
towards their husbands.

Saint Paul, in his Epistle
to the Ephesians, the fifth
Chapter, doth give this com
mandment to all married men;
Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ also loved the
Church, and gave himself for
it, that he might sanctify and
cleanse it with the washing
of water, by the Word ; that
he might present it to him
self a glorious Church, not
having spot, or wrinkle, or
any such thing; but that it
should be holy, and without
blemish. So ought men to
love their wives as their own
bodies. He that loveth his
wife loveth himself: for no
man ever yet hated his own
flesh, but nourisheth and che-
risheth it, even as the Lord
the Church: for we are mem
bers of his body, of his flesh,
and of his bones. For this
cause shall a man leave his
father and mother, and shall
be joined unto his wife ; and
they two shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery ; but
I speak concerning Christ and
the Church. Nevertheless, let
every one of you in particular
so love his wife, even as
himself.

Likewise the same Saint
Paul, writing to the Colos-

sians, speaketh thus to all
men that are married ; Hus
bands, love your wives, and
be not bitter against them.

Hear also what Saint Pe
ter, the Apostle of Christ,
who was himself a married
man, saith unto them that
are married ; Ye husbands,
dwell with your wives ac
cording to knowledge ; giv
ing honour unto the wife, as
unto the weaker vessel, and
as being heirs together of the
grace of life, that your pray
ers be not hindered.

Hitherto ye have heard the
duty of the husband toward
the wife. Now likewise, ye
wives, hear and learn your
duties toward your husbands,
even as it is plainly set forth
in holy Scripture.

Saint Paul, in the afore
named Epistle to the Ephe
sians, teacheth you thus ;
Wives, submit yourselves un
to your own husbands, as
unto the Lord. For the hus
band is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of
the Church: and he is the
Saviour of the body. There
fore as the Church is subject
unto Christ, so let the wives
be to their own husbands in
every thing. And again he
saith, Let the wife see that
she reverence her husband.

And in his Epistle to the
Colossians, Saint Paul giveth
you this short lesson ; Wives,
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submit yourselves unto your
own husbands, as it is fit in
the Lord.

Saint Peter also doth in
struct you very well, thus
saying; Ye wives, be in sub
jection to your own hus
bands ; that, if any obey not
the Word, they also may
without the Word be won by
the conversation of the wives;
while they behold your chaste
conversation coupled with
fear. Whose adorning, let it
not be that outward adorning
of plaiting the hair, and of
wearing of gold, or of putting

on of apparel; but let it be
the hidden man of the heart,
in that which is not corrup
tible; even the ornament of
a meek and quiet spirit, which
is in the sight of God of
great price. For after this
manner in the old time the
holy women also, who trusted
in God, adorned themselves,
being in subjection unto their
own husbands ; even as Sarah
obeyed Abraham, calling him
lord ; whose daughters ye are
as long as ye do well, and
are not afraid with any amaze
ment.

f It is convenient that the nnv-married persons should receive the holy Communion at the time
of their Marriage, or at the first opportunity after their Marriage.

p

THE ORDER FOR

THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.

When any person is sick, notice shall be given thereof to the Minister of the Parish ; who,
coming into the sick person's house, shall say,

EACE be to this house, j
and to all that dwell in it. j

U When he cometh into the sick man's presence
I'.e sLull say, kneeling down,

REMEMBER not, Lord,
our iniquities, nor the
iniquities of our forefathers :
Spare us, good Lord, spare
thy people, whom thou hast
redeemed with thy most pre
cious blood, and be not an
gry with us for ever.

Answer. Spare us, good
Lord.

IF Then the Minister shall say,

Let us pray.
Lord, 'have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, As
it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As
we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not
into temptation ; But deliver
us from evil. Amen.

Minister. O Lord, save thy
servant ;

Answer. Which putteth his
trust in thee.

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Minister. Send him help
from thy holy place;

Answer. And evermore
mightily defend him.

^Minister. Let the enemy
have no advantage of him;

Answer. Nor the wicked
approach to hurt him.

Minister. Be unto him, O
Lord, a strong tower,

Answer. From the face of
his enemy.

Minister. O Lord, hear our
prayers.

Answer. And let our cry
come unto thee.

Minister.

OLord, look down from
heaven, behold, visit,
and relieve this thy servant.
Look upon him with the eyes
of thy mercy, give him com
fort and sure confidence in
thee, defend him from the
danger of the enemy, and
keep him in perpetual peace
and safety; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

HEAR us, Almighty and
most merciful God and
Saviour; extend thy accus
tomed goodness to this thy
servant who is grieved with
sickness. Sanctify, we be
seech thee, this thy fatherly
correction to him; that the
sense of his weakness may
add strength to his faith, and
seriousness to his repentance :
That, if it shall be thy good
pleasure to restore him to his
former health, he may lead

the residue of his life in thy
fear, and to thy glory : or
else, give him grace so to
take thy visitation, that, after
this painful life ended, he
may dwell with thee in life
everlasting ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

1T Then shall the Minuter exhort tlie sick per
son after I his form t or other like.

DEARLY beloved, know
this, that Almighty God
is the Lord of life and death,
and of all things to them
pertaining, as youth, strength,
health, age, weakness, and
sickness. Wherefore, what
soever your sickness is, know
you certainly, that it is God's
visitation. And for what
cause soever this sickness is
sent unto you ; whether it be
to try your patience for the
example of others, and that
your faith may be found in
the day of the Lord laudable,
glorious, and honourable, to
the increase of glory and end
less felicity ; or else it be
sent unto you to correct and
amend in you whatsoever
doth offend the eyes of your
heavenly Father ; know you
certainly, that if you truly
repent you of your sins, and
bear your sickness patiently,
trusting in God's mercy, for
his dear Son Jesus Christ's
sake, and render unto him
humble thanks for his father
ly visitation, submitting your
self wholly unto his will, it
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shall turn to your profit, and
help you forward in the right
way that leadeth unto ever
lasting life.

IT If the person visited be very sick, then the
Curate may end his exhortation in this
place, or else proceed.

TAKE therefore in good
part the chastisement of
the Lord : For (as Saint Paul
saith in the twelfth Chapter
to the Hebrews) whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth,
and scourgeth every son whom
he receiveth. If ye endure
chastening, God dealeth with
you as with sons; for what
son is he whom the father
chasteneth not? But if ye be
without chastisement, whereof
all are partakers, then are ye
bastards, and not sons. Fur
thermore, we have had fa
thers of our flesh, which cor
rected us, and we gave them
reverence : shall we not much
rather be in subjection unto
the Father of spirits, and live ?
For they verily for a few
days chastened us after their
own pleasure ; but he for our
profit, that we might be par
takers of his holiness. These
words, good brother, are writ
ten in holy Scripture for our
comfort and instruction; that
we should patiently, and with
thanksgiving, bear our hea
venly Father's correction,
whensoever by any manner
of adversity it shall please his
gracious goodness to visit us.

And there should be no great
er comfort to Christian per
sons, than to be made like
unto Christ, by suffering pa
tiently adversities, troubles,
and sicknesses. For he him
self went not up to joy, but
first he suffered pain ; he en
tered not into his glory before
he was crucified. So truly
our way to eternal joy is to
suffer here with Christ; and
our door to enter into eter
nal life is gladly to die with
Christ ; that we may rise
again from death, and dwell
with him in everlasting life.
Now therefore, taking your
sickness, which is thus pro
fitable for you, patiently, I
exhort you, in the Name of
God, to remember the pro
fession which you made unto
God in your Baptism. And
forasmuch as after this life
there is an account to be giv
en unto the righteous Judge,
by whom all must be judged,
without respect of persons, I
require you to examine your
self and your estate, both to
ward God and man ; so that,
accusing and condemning
yourself for your own faults,
you may find mercy at our
heavenly Father's hand for
Christ's sake, and not be ac
cused and condemned in that
fearful judgement. Therefore
I shall rehearse to you the
Articles of our Faith, that
you may know whether you

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do believe as a Christian man
should, or no.

* Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles
of the Faith, saying thus,

DOST thou believe in God
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth ?

And in Jesus Christ his
only-begotten Son our Lord ?
And that he was conceived
by the Holy Ghost, born of
the Virgin Mary ; that he
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and bu
ried ; that he went down into
hell, and also did rise again
the third day; that he as
cended into heaven, and sit-
teth at the right hand of God
the Father Almighty ; and
from thence shall come again
at the end of the world, to
judge the quick and the
dead ?

And dost thou believe in
the Holy Ghost; the holy
Catholick Church ; the Com
munion of Saints ; the Re
mission of sins; the Resur
rection of the flesh ; and
everlasting Life after death?

U The sick pei'son shall answer,

All this I stedfastly believe.

t Then shall the Minister examine whether
he repent him truly of his sins, anil be in
charity with all the world; exhorting him to
forgive, from the bottom of his heart* all per
sons that have offended him; and if he hath
offended any othei', to ask them forgiveness ;
and where he hath done injury or wrong to
any man, that he make amends to the utter
most of his power. And if he hath not be
fore disposed of his goods, let him then be
admonished to make his Will, and to declare
Inn Debts, what he oweth, and tvhat is ow
ing unto him ; for the better discharging of
his conscience, and the quietness of his Exe
cutors. But men should often be put in re

membrance to take order for the settling of
their temporal estates, whilst they are in
health.

T These words before rehearsed may be said
before the Minister begin his Prayer, as he
shall see cause.

H The Minister should not omit earnestly to
move such sick persons as are of ability to be
liberal to tlie poor.

f Here shall tht sick person be moved to make
a special Confession of his sins, if he feel his
conscience troubled with any weighty mat
ter. After which Confession, the Priest
shall absolve him (if he humbly and heartily
desire it) after this sort.

OUR Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath left power to
his Church to absolve all sin
ners who truly repent and be
lieve in him, of his great mer
cy forgive thee thine offen
ces : And by his authority
committed to me, I absolve
thee from all thy sins, In che
Name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. Amen.

1T And then the Priest shall say the Collect
following.

Let us pray.

OMost merciful God,
who, according to the
multitude of thy mercies,
dost so put away the sins of
those who truly repent, that
thou rememberest them no
more ; Open thine eye of
mercy upon this thy servant,
who most earnestly desireth
pardon and forgiveness. Re
new in him, most loving Fa
ther, whatsoever hath been
decayed by the fraud and
malice of the devil, or by his
own carnal will and frailness ;
preserve and continue this
sick member in the unity of

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the Church ; consider his con
trition, accept his tears, as-
swage his pain, as shall seem
to thee most expedient for
him. And forasmuch as he
putteth his full trust only in
thy mercy, impute not un
to him his former sins, hut
strengthen him with thy bless
ed Spirit; and, when thou
art pleased to take him hence,
take him unto thy favour,
through the merits of thy
most dearly beloved Son Je
sus Christ our Lord. Amen.

f Then shall the Minister say this Psalm.

In te, Doming speravi.
Psalm Ixxi.

IN thee, O Lord, have I put
my trust ; let me never be
put to confusion : but rid me,
and deliver me in thy righte
ousness; incline thine ear un
to me, and save me.

Be thou my strong hold,
whereunto I may alway re
sort : thou hast promised to
help me; for thou art my
house of defence, and my
castle.

Deliver me, O my God,
out of the hand of the un
godly : out of the hand of
the unrighteous and cruel
man.

For thou, O Lord God, art
the thing that I long for :
thou art my hope, even from
my youth.

Through thee have I been
holclen up ever sinee I was
born : thou art he that took

my mother's

me out of

womb; my praise shall al
way be of thee.

1 am become as it were a
monster unto many : but my
sure trust is in thee.

0 let my mouth be filled
with thy praise : that I may
sing of thy glory and honour
all the day long.

Cast me not away in the
time of age : forsake me not
when my strength faileth
me.

For mine enemies speak
against me, and they that
lay wait for my soul take
their counsel together, say
ing : God hath forsaken him,
persecute him, and take him ;
for there is none to deliver
him.

Go not far from me, O
God : my God, haste thee to
help me.

Let them be confounded
and perish that are against
my soul : let them be cover
ed with shame and dishonour
that seek to do me evil.

As for me, I will patiently
abide alway : and will praise
thee more and more.

My mouth shall daily speak
of thy righteousness and sal
vation : for I know no end
thereof.

1 will go forth in the
strength of the Lord God :
and will make mention of
thy righteousness only.

Thou, O God, hast taught

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me from my youth up until
now : therefore will I tell of
thy wondrous works.

Forsake me not, O God, in
mine old age, when I am
gray-headed : until I have
shewed thy strength unto
this generation, and thy pow
er to all them that are yet for
to come.

Thy righteousness, O God,
is very high, and great things
are they that thou hast done :
O God, who is like unto
thee?

Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son : and to the Holy
Ghost;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.

1T Adding this.

O Saviour of the world,
who by thy Cross and
precious Blood hast redeemed
us, Save us, and help us, we
humbly beseech thee, O Lord.

IT Then shall the Minister say,

nnHE Almighty Lord, who
JL is a most strong tower
to all them that put their
trust in him, to whom all
things in heaven, in earth,
and under the earth, do bow
and obey, be now and ever
more thy defence ; and make
thee know and feel, that
there is none other Name
under heaven given to man,
in whom, and through whom,
thou mayest receive health
and salvation, but only the

Name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.

1T And after that shall say,

UNTO God's gracious
mercy and protection
we commit thee. The Lord
bless thee, and keep thee.
The Lord make his face to
shine upon thee, and be gra
cious unto thee. The Lord
lift up his countenance upon
thee, and give thee peace,
both now and evermore.
Amen.

A Prayer for a sick child.

O Almighty God, and mer
ciful Father, to whom
alone belong the issues of
life and death; Look down
from heaven, we humbly be
seech thee, with the eyes of
mercy upon this child now
lying upon the bed of sick
ness: Visit him, O Lord, with
thy salvation ; deliver him in
thy good appointed time from
his bodily pain, and save his
soul for thy mercies' sake :
That, if it shall be thy plea
sure to prolong his days here
on earth, he may live to thee,
and be an instrument of thy
glory, by serving thee faith
fully, and doing good in his
generation ; or else receive
him into those heavenly ha
bitations, where the souls of
them that sleep in the Lord
Jesus enjoy perpetual rest
and felicity. Grant this, O
Lord, for thy mercies' sake, in

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the same thy Son our Lord
Jesus Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the
Holy Ghost, ever one God,
world without end. Amen.

A Prayer for a sick person, when
there appeareth small hope of
recovery.

O Father of mercies, and
God of all comfort, our
only help in time of need ;
We fly unto thee for succour
in behalf of this thy servant,
here lying under thy hand in
great weakness of body. Look
graciously upon him, O Lord;
and the more the outward
man decayeth, strengthen him,
we beseech thee, so much the
more continually with thy
grace and holy Spirit in the
inner man. Give him un
feigned repentance for all the
errors of his life past, and
stedfast faith in thy Son Je
sus; that his sins may be
done away by thy mercy, and
his pardon sealed in heaven,
before he go hence, and be
no more seen. We know, O
Lord, that there is no word
impossible with thee ; and
that, if thou wilt, thou canst
even yet raise him up, and
grant him a longer continu
ance amongst us: Yet, for
asmuch as in all appearance
the time of his dissolution
draweth near? so fit and pre
pare him, we beseech thee,
against the hour of death,
that after his departure hence

in peace, and in thy favour,
his soul may be received into
thine everlasting kingdom,
through the merits and me
diation of Jesus Christ, thine
only Son, our Lord and Savi
our. Amen.

A commendatory Prayer for a sick
person at the point of departure.

O Almighty God, with
whom do live the spirits
of just men made perfect, af
ter they are delivered from
their earthly prisons ; We
humbly commend the soul of
this thy servant, our dear
brother, into thy hands, as
into the hands of a faithful
Creator, and most merciful
Saviour ; most humbly be
seeching thee, that it may be
precious in thy sight. Wash
it, we pray thee, in the blood
of that immaculate Lamb,
that was slain to take away
the sins of the world; that
whatsoever defilements it may
have contracted in the midst
of this miserable and naughty
world, through the lusts of
the flesh, or the wiles of Sa
tan, being purged and done
away, it may be presented
pure and without spot before
thee. And teach us who sur
vive, in this and other like
daily spectacles of mortality,
to see how frail and uncertain
our own condition is ; and so
to number our days, that we
may seriously apply our hearts
to that holy and heavenly

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wisdom, whilst we live here,
which may in the end bring
us to life everlasting, through
the merits of Jesus Christ
thine only Son our Lord.
Amen.

A Prayer for persons troubled in
mind or in conscience.

O Blessed Lord, the Father
of mercies, and the God
of all comforts ; We beseech
thee, look down in pity and
compassion upon this thy af
flicted servant. Thou writest
bitter things against him, and
makest him to possess his for
mer iniquities; thy wrath li-
eth hard upon him, and his
soul is full of trouble: But,
O merciful God, who hast
written thy holy Word for
our learning, that we, through
patience and comfort of thy

holy Scriptures, might have
hope ; give him a right un
derstanding of himself, and
of thy threats and promises ;
that he may neither cast away
his confidence in thee, nor
place it anywhere but in thee.
Give him strength against all
his temptations, and heal all
his distempers. Break not the
bruised reed, nor quench the
smoking flax. Shut not up
thy tender mercies in dis
pleasure; but make him to
hear of joy and gladness, that
the bones which thou hast
broken may rejoice. Deliver
him from fear of the enemy,
and lift up the light of thy
countenance upon him, and
give him peace, through the
merits and mediation of Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen,

THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK.

Forasmuch as all mortal men be subject to many sudden perils, diseases, and sicknesses, ami
ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life ; therefore, to the intent they may
be always in a readiness to die, whensoever it shall please Almighty Giod to call them, the Cu
rates shall diligently from time to time (but especially in the time of pestilence, or other infec*
tious sickness) exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of the holy Communion of the
Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, ivhenit shall be publickly administered in the Church ;
that so doing, they may, in case of sudden visitation, have the less cause to be disquieted for
lack of the same. But if the sick person be not able to come to the Church, and yet is desirous
to receive the Communion in his house ; then he must (five timely notice to the Curate, signi
fying also how many there are to communicate with him, (which shall be three, or two at the
least,) and having a convenient place in the sick man's house, with all things necessary so pre-
vared, that the Curate may reverently minister, he sJuill there celebrate the holy Communion,
leginning with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, here following.

The Collect.

\ LMIGHTY, everliving
jTx God, Maker of man
kind, who dost correct those
whom thou dost love, and
chastise every one whom thou

dost receive; We beseech thee
to have mercy upon this thy
servant visited with thine
hand, and to grant that he
may take his sickness pati
ently, and recover his bodily

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health, (if it be thy gracious
will;) and whensoever his
soul shall depart from the
body, it may be without spot
presented unto thee ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle. Heb. xii. 5.

MY son, despise not thou
the chastening of the
Lord, nor faint when thou
art rebuked of him. For whom

of the Dead.

the Lord loveth he chasten-
eth ; and scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth.
The Gospel. St. John v. 24.

VERILY, verily I say unto
you, He that heareth my
word, and believeth on him
that sent me, hath everlasting-
life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed
from death unto life.

1T After ivhich the Priest shall proceed according to the form before prescribed for the holy Com*
munion, beginning at these words [Ye that <lo truly £c.]

f At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament, the Priest shall first receive the Com
munion himself, and after minister unto them that are appointed to communicate with the
sick, and last of all to the sick person.

IT But if a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of warning in due time
to the Curatf, or for lack of company to receive with him, or by any other just impediment, do
not receive the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood, the Curate shall instruct him, that if
he do truly repent him of his sins, and itMfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death
upon the Cross for him, and shed his Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the be
nefits he hath thtr by, and giving him hearty thanks therefore, he doth eat and drink the Body
and Blood of our Saviour Christ profitably to his Soul's health, although he do not receive tlie
Sacrament with his mouth.

1T When the sick person is visited, and receiveth the holy Communion all at one time, then the
Priest, for more expedition, shall cut off tlie form of the Visitation at the Psalm [In thee, O
Lord, have I put my trust, fyc.] and go straight to the Communion.

$ In the time ef the Plague, Sweat, or such other like contagious times of sickness or diseases,
when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sick in their
houses, for fear of the infection, upon special request of the diseased, the Minister may only
communicate with him.

THE ORDER FOR

THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

•I Here is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any that die unbaptized, of

excommunicate, or have laid violent hands upon themselves.

1F The Priest and Clerks meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the. Church-yard, and going
before it, either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say, or sing.

I

Am the resurrection and
the life, saith the Lord :
he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet
shall he live : and whosoever
liveth and believeth in me

shall never die.
25, 26.

St. John xi.

IKnow that my Redeemer
liveth, and that he shall

stand at the latter day upon
the earth. And though after
my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall I
see God : whom I shall see
for myself, and mine eyes
shall behold, and not ano
ther. Job xix. 25, 26, 27;

WE brought nothing into
this world, and it is

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i

certain we can carry nothing
out. The Lord gave, and
the Lord hath taken away ;
blessed be the Name of the
Lord. 1 Tim. \\. 1. Job i. 21.

V After they arc come into the Church, shall be
read one or both of these Psalms following.

Di.vi, Custodlam. Psal. xxxix.

Said, I will take heed to
my ways : that I offend
not in my tongue.

I will keep my mouth as it
were with a bridle : while the
ungodly is in my sight.

I held my tongue, and
spake nothing : I kept si
lence, yea, even from good
words; but it was pain and
grief to me.

My heart was hot within
me, and while I was thus
musing the fire kindled : and
at the last I spake with my
tongue ;

Lord, let me know mine
end, and the number of my
days : that I may be certified
how long I have to live.

Behold, thou hast made my
clays as it were a span long :
and mine age is even as no
thing in respect of thee ; and
verily every man living is al
together vanity.

For man walketh in a vain
shadow, and disquieteth him
self in vain : he heapeth up
riches, and cannot tell who
shall gather them.

And now, Lord, what is
ny hope : truly my hope is
even in thce.

Deliver me from all mine
offences : and make me not a
rebuke unto the foolish.

I became dumb, and open
ed not my mouth : for it was
thy doing.

Take thy plague away from
me : I am even consumed by
means of thy heavy hand.

When thou with rebukes
dost chasten man for sin, thou
makest his beauty to consume
away, like as it were a moth
fretting a garment : every
man therefore is but vanity.

Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and with thine ears consider
my calling : hold not thy
peace at my tears.

For I am a stranger with
thee : and a sojourner, as all
my fathers were.

O spare me a little, that I
may recover my strength :
before I go hence, and be no
more seen.

Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son : and to the Holy
Ghost ;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.
Doftiine. refiigium. Psalm xc.

LORD, thou hast been
our refuge : from one
generation to another.

Before the mountains were
brought forth, or ever the
earth and the world were
made : thou art God from
everlasting, and world with
out end.

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Thou turnest man to de
struction : again thou sayest,
Come again, ye children of
men.

For a thousand years in thy
sight are but as yesterday :
seeing that is past as a watch
in the night.

As soon as thou scatterest
them, they are even as a sleep :
and fade away suddenly like
the grass.

In the morning it is green,
and groweth up : but in the
evening it is cut down, dried
up, and withered.

For we consume away in
thy displeasure : and are afraid
at thy wrathful indignation.

Thou hast set our misdeeds
before thee : and our secret
sins in the light of thy counte
nance.

For when thou art angry all
our days are gone : we bring
our years to an end, as it were
a tale that is told.

The days of our age are
threescore years and ten ; and
though men be so strong,
that they come to fourscore
years : yet is their strength
then but labour and sorrow ;
so soon passeth it away, and
we are gone.

But who regardeth the
power of thy wrath : for even
thereafter as a man feareth, so
is thy displeasure.

O teach us to number our
days : that we may apply our
hearts unto wisdom.

Turn thee again, O Lord,
at the last : and be gracious
unto thy servants.

O satisfy us with thy mercy,
and that soon : so shall we re
joice and be glad all the days
of our life.

Comfort us again now after
the time that thou hast
plagued us : and for the years
wherein we have suffered
adversity.

Shew thy servants thy
work : and their children thy
glory.

And the glorious Majesty
of the Lord our God be upon
us : prosper thou the work of
our hands upon us, O prosper
thou our handy- work.

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son : and to the
Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.

1T Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of
the fifteenth Chapter of the former Epistle
of Saint Paul to the Corinthians.

1 Corinthians xv. 20.

NOW is Christ risen from
the dead, and become
the first-fruits of them that
slept. For since by man came
death, by man came also ^he
resurrection of the dead. For
as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.
But every man in his own or
der : Christ the first-fruits; af
terward they that are Christ's,
at his coming. Then cometh
the end, when he shall have

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delivered up the kingdom
to God, even the Father ;
when he shall have put down
all rule, and all authority,
and power. For he must
reign, till he hath put all ene
mies under his feet. The last
enemy that shall he destroyed
is death. For he hath put all
things under his feet. But
when he saith, all things are
put under him, it is mani
fest that he is excepted,
which did put all things
under him. And when all
things shall be subdued unto
him, then shall the Son also
himself be subject unto him
that put all things under
him, that God may be all in
all. Else what shall they do
which are baptized for the
dead, if the dead rise not at all?
Why are they then baptized
for the dead ? and why stand
we in jeopardy every hour ? I
protest by your rejoicing,
which I have in Christ Jesus
our Lord, I die daily. If after
the manner of men I have
fought with beasts at Ephesus,
what advantagetl) it me, if the
dead rise not? Let us eat and
drink, for to morrow we die.
Be not deceived: evil commu
nications corrupt good man
ners. Awake to righteous
ness, and sin not; for some
have not the knowledge of
God. I speak this to your
shame. But some man will
say, How are the dead raised

up ? and with what body do
they come. Thou fool, that
which thou sowest is not
quickened, except it die.
And that which thou sowest,
thou sowest not that body
that shall be, but bare grain,
it may chance of wheat, or of
some other grain : But God
giveth it a body, as it hath
pleased him, and to every
seed his own body. All flesh
is not the same flesh ; but
there is one kind of flesh of
men, another flesh of beasts,
another of fishes, and another
of birds. There are also
celestial bodies, and bodies
terrestrial; but the glory of
the celestial is one, and the
glory of the terrestrial is
another. There is one glory
of the sun, and another glory
of the moon, and another
glory of the stars ; for one
star differetli from another
star in glory. So also is the
resurrection of the dead : It
is sown in corruption ; it is
raised in incorruption : It is
sown in dishonour ; it is
raised in glory : It is sown
in weakness; it is raised in
power : It is sown a natural
body ; it is raised a spiritual
body. There is a natural
body, and there is a spiritual
body. And so it is written,
The first man Adam was
made a living soul ; the last
Adam was made a quicken
ing spirit. Howbeit, that was
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not first which is spiritual,
but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is
spiritual. The iirst man is of
the earth, earthy : the second
man is the Lord from heaven.
As is the earthy, such are
they that are earthy : and as
is the heavenly, such are they
also that are heavenly. And
as we have borne the image
of the earthy, we shall also
bear the image of the heaven
ly. Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God ;
neither doth corruption in
herit incorruption. Behold, I
shew you a mystery : We
shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed, in a
moment, in the twinkling of
an eye, at the last trump, (for
the trumpet shall sound,) and
the dead shall be raised incor
ruptible, and we shall be
changed. For this corrupti
ble must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on
immortality. So when this
corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal
shall have put on immortality;
then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in
victory. O death, where is
thy sting? O grave, where
is thy victory ? The sting of
death is sin, and the strength
of sin is the law. But thanks
be to God, which giveth us the

victory through our Lord Je
sus Christ. Therefore, my
beloved brethren, be ye sted-
fast, unmoveable, always a-
bounding in the work of the
Lord, forasmuch as ye know
that your labour is not in
vain in the Lord.

IT When they come to the Grave^ while the
Corpse is made ready to be laid into the
earthy the Priest shall say, or the Priest and
Clerks shall sing :

MAN that is born of a
woman hath but a short
time to live, and is full of
misery. He cometh up, and
is cut down, like a flower; he
fleeth as it were a shadow, and
never continueth in one stay.

In the midst of life we are
in death : of whom may we
seek for succour, but of thee,
O Lord, who for our sins art
justly displeased ?

Yet, O Lord God most
holy, O Lord most mighty,
O holy and most merciful
Saviour, deliver us not into
the bitter pains of eternal
death.

Thou knowest, Lord, the
secrets of our hearts; shut
not thy merciful ears to our
prayer ; but spare us, Lord
most holy, O God most
mighty, O holy and merciful
Saviour, thou most worthy
Judge eternal, suffer us not,
at our last hour, for any pains
of death, to fall from thee.

U Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the
Body by some standing by, the Priest shall

F ^'ORASMUCH as it hath
pleased Almighty God

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of his great mercy to take
unto himself the soul of our
dear brother here departed,
we therefore commit his body
to the ground; earth to earth,
ashes to ashes, dust to dust;
in sure and certain hope of
the Resurrection to eternal
life, through our Lord Jesus
Christ ; who shall change
our vile body, that it may be
like unto his glorious body,
according to the mighty
working, whereby he is able
to subdue all things to him
self.

IT The n shall be said or sung,

I Heard a voice from hea
ven, saying unto me,
Write, From henceforth bless
ed are the dead which die in
the Lord : even so saith the
Spirit ; for they rest from
.their labours.

IT Then the Priest shall say,

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, As
it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As
we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not
into temptation ; But deliver
us from evil. Amen.

Priest

A LMIGHTY God, with
whom do live the spi

rits of them that depart
hence in the Lord, and with
whom the souls of the faith
ful, after they are delivered
from the burden of the flesh,
are in joy and felicity ; We
give thee hearty thanks, for
that it hath pleased thee to
deliver this our brother out
of the miseries of this sinful
world ; beseeching thee, that
it may please thee, of thy
gracious goodness, shortly to
accomplish the number of
thine elect, and to hasten
thy kingdom ; that we, with
all those that are departed
in the true faith of thy holy
Name, may have our per
fect consummation arid bliss,
both in body and soul, in thy
eternal and everlasting glory ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

The Collect

O Merciful God, the Fa
ther of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who is the resurrec
tion and the life; in whom
whosoever believeth shall live,
though he die; and whoso
ever liveth, and believeth in
him, shall not die eternally ;
who also hath taught us, by
his holy Apostle Saint Paul,
not to be sorry, as men with
out hope, for them that sleep
in him ; We meekly beseech
thee, O Father, to raise us
from the death of sin unto
the life of righteousness ; that,
when we shall depart this
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life, we may rest in him, as
our hope is this our brother
doth; and that, at the general
Resurrection in the last day,
we may be found acceptable
in thy sight ; and receive that
blessing, which thy well- be
loved Son shall then pro
nounce to all that love and
fear thee, saying, Come, ye
blessed children'of my Father,
receive the kingdom prepared

for you from the beginning
of the world : Grant this, we
beseech thee, O merciful Fa
ther, through Jesus Christ,
our Mediator and Redeemer.
Amen.

THE grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the fel
lowship of the Holy Ghost,
be with us all evermore.
Amen.

THE

THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD-BIRTH,

COMMONLY CALLED*

THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN.

*[ The Woman, at the usual time after her Delivery, shall come into the Church decentlu ap
parelled, und there shall kneel down in some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or as
the Ordinary shall direct : And then the Priest shall say unto hct\

FORASMUCH as it hath I found trouble and heavi-
pleased Almighty God of ness, and I called upon the
his goodness to give you safe
deliverance, and hath preserv
ed you in the great danger of
Child-birth ; you shall there
fore give hearty thanks unto
God, and say,

Cu Then shall the Priest say the cxvith Psalm.)

Dilexi quoniam,

I Am well pleased : that the
Lord hath heard the voice
of my prayer ;

That he hath inclined his
ear unto me : therefore will I
call upon him as long as I live.

The snares of death com
passed me round about : and
the pains of hell gat hold up
on me.

Name of the Lord : O Lord,
I beseech thee, deliver my
soul.

Gracious is the Lord, and
righteous : yea, our God is
merciful.

The Lord preserveth the
simple : I was in misery, and
he helped me.

Turn again then unto thy
rest, O my soul : for the
Lord hath rewarded thee.

And why ? thou hast de
livered my soul from death :
mine eyes from tears, and my
feet from falling.

I will walk before the Lord :
in the land of the living.

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I believed, and therefore
will I speak ; but I was sore
troubled : I said in my haste,
All men are liars.

What reward shall I give
unto the Lord : for all the
benefits that he hath done
unto me?

I will receive the cup of
salvation : and call upon the
Name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows now in
the presence of all his people :
in the courts of the Lord's
house, even in the midst of
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the
Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son : and to the Holy
Ghost ;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.
Or,Psal. cxxvii. NisiDominus.

EXCEPT the Lord build
the house : their labour
is but lost that build it.

Except the Lord keep the
city : the watchman waketh
but in vain.

It is but lost labour that
ye haste to rise up early, and
so late take rest, and eat the
bread of carefulness : for so he
giveth his beloved sleep.

Lo, children and the fruit
of the womb : are an heritage
and gift that cometh of the
Lord.

Like as the arrows in the
hand of the giant : even so
are the young children.

Happy is the man that hath
his quiver full of them : they
shall not be ashamed when
they speak with their enemies
in the gate.

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son : and to the
Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.

IT Then the Priest shall say,

Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth,
As it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that tres
pass against us. And lead us
not into temptation; But de
liver us from evil : For thine
is the kingdom, The power,
and the glory, For ever and
ever. Amen.

Minister. O Lord, save this
woman thy servant ;

Answer. Who putteth her
trust in thee.

Minister. Be thou to her a
strong tower ;

An&ver. From the face of
her enemy.

Minister. Lord, hear our
prayer.

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A Commination.

Answer. And let our cry
come unto thee.

Minister. Let us pray.

O Almighty God, we give
thee humble thanks for
that thou hast vouchsafed to
deliver this woman thy ser
vant from the great pain and
peril of Child-birth ; Grant,

we beseech thee, most merci
ful Father, that she, through
thy help, may both faithfully
live, and walk according to
thy will, in this life present ;
and also may be partaker of
everlasting glory in the life
to come; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

The Woman that cometh to give her Thanks, must offer accustomed Offerings; and, if there
be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the holy Communion.

A COMMINATION,

OR DENOUNCING OF GOD'S ANGER AND JUDGEMENTS AGAINST SINNERS,

WITH CERTAIN PRAYERS, TO BE USED ON THE FIRST DAY OF LENT,

AND AT OTHER TIMES, AS THE ORDINARY SHALL APPOINT.

IT After Morning Prayer, the Litany ended according to the accustomed manner, the Priest
shall, in the Reading-Pew or Pulpit, say,

BRETHREN, in the Pri
mitive Church there was
a godly discipline, that, at
the beginning of Lent, such
persons as stood convicted of
notorious sin were put to open
penance, and punished in this
world, that their souls might
be saved in the day of the
Lord ; and that others, admo
nished by their example,
might be the more afraid to
offend.

Instead whereof, (until the
said discipline may be restored
again, which is muclf to be
wished,) it is thought good,
that at this time (in the pre
sence of you all) should be
read the general sentences of
God's cursing against impe
nitent sinners, gathered out
of the seven and twentieth

Chapter of Deuteronomy, and
other places of Scripture; and
that ye should answer to every
Sentence, Amen: To the intent
that, being admonished of the
great indignation of God
against sinners, ye may the
rather be moved to earnest
and true repentance; and may
walk more warily in these
dangerous days ; fleeing from
such vices, for which ye affirm
with your own mouths the
curse of God to be due.

/CURSED is the man that
v^ maketh any carved or
molten image, to worship it.

y And the people shall ansuw and say, Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that
curseth his father or mother.
Answer. Amen.
Minister. Cursed is he that

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removeth his neighbour's
land-mark.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that
maketh the blind to go out of
his way.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that
perverteth the judgement of
the stranger, the Fatherless,
and widow.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that
smiteth his neighbour se
cretly.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that
lieth with his neighbour's
wife.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that
taketh reward to slay the in
nocent.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that
putteth his trust in man, and
taketh man for his defence,
and in his heart goeth from
the Lord.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed are the
unmerciful, fornicators, and
adulterers, covetous persons,
idolaters, slanderers, drunk
ards, and extortioners.

Answer. Amen.
Minister.

NOW seeing that all they
are accursed (as the
prophet David beareth wit
ness) who do err and go astray
from the commandments of

God; let us (remembering
the dreadful judgement hang
ing over our heads, and al
ways ready to fall upon us)
return unto our Lord God,
with all contrition and meek
ness of heart ; bewailing and
lamenting our sinful life, ac
knowledging and confessing
our offences, and seeking to
bring forth worthy fruits of
penance. For now is the ax
put unto the root of the trees,
so that every tree that bring-
eth not forth good fruit is
hewn down, and cast into
the fire. It is a fearful thing
to fall into the hands of the
living God : he shall pour
down rain upon the sinners,
snares, fire and brimstone,
storm and tempest; this shall
be their portion to drink. For
lo, the Lord is come out of
his place to visit the wicked
ness of such as dwell upon
the earth. But who may
abide the day of his coming ?
Who shall be able to endure
when he appeareth ? His fan
is in his hand, and he will
purge his floor, and gather
his wheat into the barn ; but
he will burn the chaff with
unquenchable fire. The day
of the Lord cometh as a thief
in the night : and when men
shall say, Peace, and all things
are safe, then shall sudden de
struction come upon them, as
sorrow cometh upon a woman
travailing with child, and
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they shall not escape. Then
shall appear the wrath of G od
in the day of vengeance, which
obstinate sinners, through the
stubbornness of their heart,
have heaped unto themselves ;
which despised the goodness,
patience, and long-sufferance
of God, when he calleth them
continually to repentance.
Then shall they call upon me,
(saith the Lord,) but I will
not hear ; they shall seek me
early, but they shall not find
me ; and that, because they
hated knowledge, and receiv
ed not the fear of the Lord,
but abhorred my counsel,
and despised my correction.
Then shall it be too late to
knock when the door shall
be shut ; and too late to cry
for mercy when it is the time
of justice. O terrible voice of
most just judgement, which
shall be pronounced upon
them, when it shall be said
unto them, Go, ye cursed, in
to the fire everlasting, which
is prepared for the devil and
his angels. Therefore, bre
thren, take we heed be time,
while the day of salvation
lasteth ; for the night cometh,
when none can work. But
let us, while we have the
light, believe in the light, and
walk as children of the light ;
that we be not cast into utter
darkness, where is weeping
and gnashing of teeth. Let us
not abuse the goodness of

God, who calleth us merci
fully to amendment, and of
his endless pity promiseth us
forgiveness of that which is
past, if with a perfect and
true heart we return unto him.
For though our sins be as red
as scarlet, they shall be made
white as snow; and though
they be like purple, yet they
shall be made white as wool.
Turn ye (saith the Lord) from
all your wickedness, and your
sin shall not be your destruc
tion : Cast away from you all
your ungodliness that ye have
done : Make you new hearts,
and a new spirit : Wherefore
will ye die, O ye house of Is
rael, seeing that I have no
pleasure in the death of him
that dieth, saith the Lord
God ? Turn ye then, and ye
shall live. Although we have
sinned, yet have we an Advo
cate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous ; and he
is the propitiation for our sins.
For he was wounded for our
offences, and smitten for our
wickedness. Let us therefore
return unto him, who is the
merciful receiver of all true
penitent sinners ; assuring
ourselves that he is ready to
receive us, and most willing
to pardon us, if we come unto
him with faithful repentance ;
if we submit ourselves unto
him, and from henceforth
walk in his ways ; if we will
take his easy yoke, and light

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burden upon us, to follow
him in lowliness, patience,
and charity, and be ordered
by the governance of his
Holy Spirit; seeking always
his glory, and serving him
duly in our vocation with
thanksgiving : This if we do,
Christ will deliver us from
the curse of the law, and
from the extreme maledic
tion which shall light upon
them that shall be set on the
left hand; and he will set
us on his right hand, and
give us the gracious benedic
tion of his Father, command
ing us to take possession of
his glorious kingdom : Unto
which he vouchsafe to bring
us all, for his infinite mercy.
Amen.

* Then shall they all kneel unon their knees,
and the Priest and Clerks kneeling (in the
place where they are accustomed to say the
Litany) shall say this Psalm.

Miserere mei, Deus. Psalm li.

HAVE mercy upon me, O
God, after thy great
goodness : according to the
multitude of thy mercies do
away mine offences.

Wash me throughly from
my wickedness : and cleanse
me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my
faults : and my sin is ever
before me.

Against thee only have
I sinned, and done this evil
in thy sight : thatthou might-
est be justified in thy saying,

and clear when thou art
judged.

Behold, I was shapen in
wickedness : and in sin hath
my mother conceived me.

But lo, thou requires t truth
in the inward parts : and shalt
make me to understand wis
dom secretly.

Thou shalt purge me with
hyssop, and I shall be clean :
thou shalt wash me, and I
shall be whiter than snow.

Thou shalt make me hear
of joy and gladness : that the
bones which thou hast broken
may rejoice.

Turn thy face away from
my sins : and put out all my
misdeeds.

Make me a clean heart, O
God : and renew a right spirit
within me.

Cast me not away from thy
presence : and take not thy
holy Spirit from me.

O give me the comfort of
thy help again : and stablish
me with thy free Spirit.

Then shall I teach thy ways
unto the wicked : and sinners
shall be converted unto thee.

Deliver me from blood-
guiltiness, O God, thou that
art the God of my health :
and my tongue shall sing of
thy righteousness.

Thou shalt open my lips, O
Lord : and my mouth shall
shew thy praise.

For thou desirest no sacri
fice, else would I give it thee :

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but thou delightest not in
burnt-offerings.

The sacrifice of God is a
troubled spirit : a broken and
contrite heart, O God, shalt
thou not despise.

O be favourable and graci
ous unto Sion : build thou the
walls of Jerusalem.

Then shalt thou be pleased
with the sacrifice of righte
ousness, with the burnt-offer
ings and oblations : then shall
they offer young bullocks
upon thine altar.

Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son : and to the Holy
Ghost;

Answer. As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever
shall be : world without end.
Amen.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, As
it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread. And for
give us our trespasses, As we
forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not
into temptation ; But deliver
us from evil. Amen.

Minister. O Lord, save thy
servants ;

Answer. That put their trust
in thee.

Minister. Send unto them
help from above.

Answer. And evermore
mightily defend them.

Minister. Help us, O God
our Saviour.

Answer. And for the glory
of thy Name deliver us ; be
merciful to us sinners, for thy
Name's sake.

Minister. O Lord, hear our
prayer.

Answer. And let our cry
come unto thee.

Minister. Let us pray.

OLord, we beseech thee,
mercifully hear our pray
ers, and spare all those who
confess their sins unto thee ;
that they, whose consciences
by sin are accused, by thy
merciful pardon may be ab
solved ; through Christ our
Lord. Amen.

OMost mighty God, and
merciful Father, who
hast compassion upon all men,
and hatest nothing that thou
hast made; who wouldest
not the death of a sinner, but
that he should rather turn
from his sin, and be saved;
Mercifully forgive us our
trespasses ; receive and com
fort us, who are grieved and
wearied with the burden of
our sins. Thy property is al
ways to have mercy ; to thee
only it appertaineth to for
give sins. Spare us therefore,
good Lord, spare thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed;

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enter not into judgement with
thy servants, who are vile
earth, and miserable sinners ;
but so turn thine anger from
us, who meekly acknowledge
our vileness, and truly repent
us of our faults, and so make
haste to help us in this world,
that we may ever live with
thee in the world to come;
through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

f Tlten shall the people say this tJiatfolloweth,
after the Minister.

TURN thou us, O good
Lord, and so shall we
be turned. Be favourable, O
Lord, Be favourable to thy
people, Who turn to thee in
weeping, fasting, and praying.
For thou art a merciful God,
Full of compassion, Long-

suffering, and of great pity.
Thou sparest when we de
serve punishment, And in
thy wrath thinkest upon
mercy. Spare thy people,
good Lord, spare them, And
let not thine heritage be
brought to confusion. Hear
us, O Lord, for thy mercy is
great, And after the multitude
of thy mercies look upon us ;
Through the merits and
mediation of thy blessed Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT Then tlie Minister alone shall say,

ni^HE Lord bless us, and
A keep us ; the Lord lift
up the light of his counte
nance upon us, and give us
peace, now and for evermore.
Amen.

THE

PSALMS OF DAVID.

THE FIRST DAY.

Uf JHormng Draper.

PSALM 1. Beatus vir, qui non abiit fyc.

BLESSED is the man, that hath not
walked in the counfel of the ungodly,
nor flood in the way of finners : and hath
not fat in the feat of the fcornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the
Lord : and in his law will he exercife him-
felf day and night.

3 And he (hall be like a tree planted by
the water-fide : that will bring forth his
fruit in due feafon.

4 His leaf alfo fliall not wither : and
look, whatfoever he doeth, it fliall profper.

5 As for the ungodly, it is not fo with
them : but they are like the chaff, which
the wind fcattereth away from the face of
the earth.

6 Therefore the ungodly fliall not be able
to ftand in the judgement : neither the fin
ners in the congregation of the righteous.

7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous : and the way of the ungodly ftiall
perifli.

Day I. THE PSALMS.

PSALM 2. Quare fremuerunt gentes ?

WHY do the heathen fo furioufly rage
together : and why do the people
imagine a vain thing ?

2 The kings of the earth ftand up, and
the rulers take counfel together : againft
the Lord, and againft his Anointed.

3 Let us break their bonds afunder :
and caft away their cords from us.

4 He that dwelleth in heaven fliall
laugh them to (corn : the Lord lhall have
them in derifion.

5 Then lhall he fpeak unto them in his
wrath : and vex them in his fore difpleafure.

6 Yet have I fet my King : upon my ho
ly hill of Sion.

7 I will preach the law, whereof the
Lord hath faid unto me : Thou art my
Son, this day have I begotten thee.

8 Defire of me, and I fhall give thee the
heathen for thine inheritance : and the ut-
moft parts of the earth for thy pofleffion.

9 Thou (halt bruife them with a rod of
iron : and break them in pieces like a pot
ter's veflel.

10 Be wife now therefore, O ye kings :
be learned, ye that are judges of the earth.

11 Serve the Lord in fear : and rejoice
unto him with reverence.

12 Kifs the Son, left he be angry, and fo

THE PSALMS. Day 1.

ye perifli from the right way : if his wrath
be kindled, (yea, but a little,) blefled are all
they that put their truft in him.

PSALM 3. Domine, quid multiplicati ?

LORD, how are they increafed that trou
ble me : many are they that rife againft
me.

2 Many one there be that fay of my foul :
There is no help for him in his God.

3 But thou, O Lord, art my defender :
thou art my worihip, and the lifter up of my
head.

4 I did call upon the Lord with my voice :
and he heard me out of his holy hill.

5 I laid me down and flept, and rofe up
again : for the Lord fuftained me.

6 I will not be afraid for ten thoufands of
the people : that have fet themfelves againft
me round about.

7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my God :
for thou fmiteft all mine enemies upon the
cheek-bone ; thou haft broken the teeth of
the ungodly.

8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : and
thy bleffing is upon thy people.

PSALM 4. Cum iiwocarem.

HEAR me when I call, O God of my
righteoufnefs : thou haft fet me at li
berty when I was in trouble ; have mercy up
on me, and hearken unto my prayer.

Day I. THE PSALMS.

2 O ye fons of men, how long will ye
blafpheme mine honour : and have fuch
pleafure in vanity, and leek after leafing?

3 Know this alfo, that the Lord hath cho-
fen to himfelf the man that is godly : when
I call upon the Lord, he will hear me.

4 Stand in awe, and fin not : commune
with your own heart, and in your chamber,
and be ftill.

5 Offer the facrifice of righteoufnefs : and
put your truft in the Lord.

6 There be many that fay : Who will fliew
us any good?

7 Lord, lift thou up : the light of thy
countenance upon us.

8 Thou haft put gladnefs in my heart :
iince the time that their corn, and wine, and
oil, increafed.

9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my
reft : for it is thou, Lord, only, that makeft
me dwell in fafety.

PSALM 5. Verla mea auribus.

PONDER my words, O Lord : confider
my meditation.

2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my
calling, my King, and my God : for unto
thee will I make my prayer.

3 My voice fhalt thou hear betimes, O
Lord : early in the morning will I dire6l my
prayer unto thee, and will look up.

THE PSALMS. Day 1.

4 For thou art the God that haft no plea-
fure in wickednefs : neither (hall any evil
dwell with thee.

5 Such as be foolilh fliall not ftand in thy
fight : for thou hateft all them that work vanity.

6 Thou (halt deftroy them that fpeak leaf
ing : the Lord will abhor both the blood-
thirfty and deceitful man.

7 But as for me, I will come into thine
houfe, even upon the multitude of thy mer
cy : and in thy fear will I worihip toward
thy holy temple.

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteoufnefs,
becaufe of mine enemies : make thy way
plain before my face.

9 For there is no faithfulnefs in his mouth :
their inward parts are very wickednefs.

10 Their throat is an open fepulchre :
they flatter with their tongue.

1 1 Deftroy thou them, O God ; let them
perifli through their own imaginations : caft
them out in the multitude of their ungodli-
nefs ; for they have rebelled againft thee.

12 And let all them that put their truft in
thee rejoice : they fliall ever be giving of
thanks, becaufe thou defendeft them ; they
that love thy Name fliall be joyful in thee ;

13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy bleffing
unto the righteous : and with thy favourable
kindnefs wilt thou defend him as with a ftiield.

Day I. THE PSALMS.

Ctentng Draper. I'M:*:

PSALM 6. Do mine, ne in furore.
£\ Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation :
V-/ neither chaften me in thy difpleafure.

2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I
am weak : O Lord, heal me, for my bones
are vexed.

3 My foul alfo is fore troubled : but, Lord,
how long wilt thou punifti me ?

4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my foul :
O fave me for thy mercy's fake.

5 For in death no man remembereth thee :
and who will give thee thanks in the pit ?

6 I am weary of my groaning ; eveiy night
wafti I my bed : and water my couch with
my tears.

7 My beauty is gone for very trouble :
and worn away becaufe of all mine enemies.

8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity :
for the Lord hath heard the voice of my
weeping.

9 The Lord hath heard my petition : the
Lord will receive my prayer.

10 All mine enemies fhall be confounded,
and fore vexed : they fhall be turned back,
and put to fliame fuddenly.

PSALM 7. Domine, Deus meus.

OLord my God, in thee have I put my
truft : fave me from all them that per-
fecute me, and deliver me ;

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THE PSALMS. Day I.

2 Left he devour my foul, like a lion, am
tear it in pieces : while there is none to help.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done any|
luch thing : or if there be any wickednefs in I
my hands ;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him thai
dealt friendly with me : yea, I have delivered)
him that without any caufe is mine enemy ;

5 Then let mine enemy perfecute my foul^
and take me : yea, let him tread my life down]
upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the duft,

6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and li
up thyfelf, becaufe of the indignation of min<
enemies : arife up for me in the judgement
that thou haft commanded.

7 And fo fhall the congregation of th<
people come about thee : for their fakes there
fore lift up thyfelf again.

8 The Lord fhall judge the people ; giv<
fentence with me, O Lord : according to nr
righteoufnefs, and according to the innocent
that is in me.

9 O let the wickednefs of the ungodl;
come to an end : but guide thou the juft.

10 For the righteous God : trieth the
hearts and reins.

1 1 My help cometh of God : who preferv-j
eth them that are true of heart.

12 God is a righteous Judge, ftrong,
patient : and God is provoked every day.

Day 1. THE PSALMS.

13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his
fword : he hath bent his bow, and made it
ready.

14 He hath prepared for him the inftru-
ments of death : he ordaineth his arrows
againft the perfecutors,

15 Behold, he travaileth with mifchief :
he hath conceived forrow, and brought forth
ungodlinefs.

16 He hath graven and digged up a pit :
and is fallen himfelf into the deftru6tion that
he made for other.

17 For his travail fhall come upon his own
head : and his wickednefs Ihall fall on his own
pate.

18 I will give thanks unto the Lord, ac
cording to his righteoufnefs : and I will praife
the name of the Lord moft High.

Ps A L M 8. Domine, Dominus nojler.

OLord our Governour, how excellent is
thy Name in all the world : thou that
haft fet thy glory above the heavens !

2 Out of the mouth of very babes and
fucklings haft thou ordained ftrength, becaufe
of thine enemies : that thou mighteft ftill the
enemy, and the avenger.

3 For I will confider thy heavens, even the
works of thy fingers : the moon and the ftars,
which thou haft ordained.

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of

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THE PSALMS. Day 2.

him : and the fon of man, that thou vifiteft
him?

5 Thou madeft him lower than the an
gels : to crown him with glory and worftiip.

6 Thou makeft him to have dominion of
the works of thy hands : and thou haft put all
things in fubjecftion under his feet ;

7 All fheep and oxen : yea, and the beafts
of the field ;

8 The fowls of the air, and the fifhes of
the fea : and whatfoever walketh through the
paths of the feas.

9 O Lord our Governour : how excellent
is thy Name in all the world !

^Jil 5 Wonting Draper.

PSALM 9. Confitebor tibi.

IWill give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with
my whole heart : I will fpeak of all thy
marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : yea,
my fongs will I make of thy Name, O thou
moft Higheft.

3 While mine enemies are driven back :
they (hall fall and perifh at thy prefence.

4 For thou haft maintained my right and
my caufe : thou art fet in the throne that
judgeft right.

5 Thou haft rebuked the heathen, and de- 1

Z%2. THE PSALMS.

ftroyed the ungodly : thou haft put out their
name for ever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, deftrudtions are come to
a perpetual end : even as the cities which thou
haft deftroyed; their memorial is perifhed with
them.

7 But the Lord fhall endure for ever : he
hath alfo prepared his feat for judgement.

8 For he (hall judge the world in righte-
oufnefs : and minifter true judgement unto
the people.

9 The Lord alfo will be a defence for the
opprefled : even a refuge in due time of trou-

10 And they that know thy Name will put
their truft in thee : for thou, Lord, haft never
failed them that feek thee.

11 O praife the Lord which dwelleth in
Sion : (hew the people of his doings.

12 For, when he maketh inquifition for
blood, he remembereth them : and forgetteth
not the complaint of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; con-
fider the trouble which I fuffer of them that
hate me : thou that lifteft me up from the
gates of death.

14 That I may fliew all thy praifes within
the ports of the daughter of Sion : I will re
joice in thy falvation.

15 The heathen are funk down in the pit

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THE PSALMS.

that they made : in the fame net which they
hid privily, is their foot taken.

16 The Lord is known to execute judge
ment : the ungodly is trapped in the work of
his own hands.

17 The wicked fhall be turned into hell :
and all the people that forget God.

18 For the poor (hall not alway be for
gotten : the patient abiding of the meek (hall
not perifli for ever.

19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the
upper hand : let the heathen be judged in thy
fight,

20 Put them in fear, O Lord : that the
heathen may know themfelves to be but men.

PSALM 10. Ut quid, Domine ?

WHY ftandeft thou fo far off, O Lord :
and hideft thy face in the needful time
of trouble ?

2 The ungodly for his own luft doth per-
fecute the poor : let them be taken in the
crafty wilinefs that they have imagined.

3 For the ungodly hath made boaft of his
own heart's defire : and fpeaketh good of the
covetous, whom God abhorreth.

4 The ungodly is fo proud, that he car-
eth not for God : neither is God in all his
thoughts.

5 His ways are alway grievous : thy judge-

Day 2. THE PSALMS.

ments are far above out of his fight, and there
fore defieth he all his enemies.

6 For he hath faid in his heart, Tufh, I
fliall never be caft down : there lhall no harm
happen unto me.

7 His mouth is full of curfing, deceit, and
fraud : under his tongue is ungodlinefs and
vanity.

8 He fitteth lurking in the thievifh cor
ners of the ftreets : and privily in his lurking
dens doth he murder the innocent ; his eyes
are fet againft the poor.

9 For he lieth waiting fecretly, even as a
lion lurketh he in his den : that he may ravifli
the poor.

10 He doth ravifli the poor : when he
getteth him into his net.

1 1 He falleth down, and humbleth him-
felf : that the congregation of the poor may
fall into the hands of his captains.

12 He hath faid in his heart, Tufh, God
hath forgotten : he hideth away his face, and
he will never fee it.

13 Arife, O Lord God, and lift up thine
hand : forget not the poor.

14 Wherefore fhould the wicked blaf-
pheme God : while he doth fay in his heart,
Tufh, thou God careft not for it.

15 Surely thou haft feen it : for thou be-
holdeft ungodlinefs and wrong.

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16 That thou mayeft take the matter into
thine hand : the poor committeth himfelf unto
thee ; for thou art the helper of the friend-
lefs.

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly
and malicious : take away his ungodlinefs,
and thou lhalt find none.

18 The Lord is King for ever and ever :
and the heathen are periftied out of the land.

19 Lord, thou haft heard the defire of the
poor : thou prepareft their heart, and thine
ear hearkeneth thereto ;

20 To help the fatherlefs and poor unto
their right : that the man of the earth be no
more exalted againft them.

PSALM 11. In Domino conjido.

IN the Lord put I my truft : how fay ye
then to my foul, that (he fliould flee as a
bird unto the hill ?

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and
make ready their arrows within the quiver :
that they may privily flioot at them which
are true of heart.

3 For the foundations will be caft down :
and what hath the righteous done ?

4 The Lord is in his holy temple : the
Lord's feat is in heaven.

5 His eyes confider the poor : and his eye-
lids try the children of men.

6 The Lord alloweth the righteous : but

Day 2. THE PSALMS.

the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wick-
ednefs doth his foul abhor.

7 Upon the ungodly he ftiall rain fnares,
fire and brimftone, ftorm and tempeft : this
fliall be their portion to drink.

8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteouf-
nefs : his countenance will behold the thing
that is juft.

Draper*

PSALM 12. Salvum me fac.

HELP me, Lord, for there is not one
godly man left : for the faithful are mi-
niflied from among the children of men.

2 They talk of vanity every one with his
neighbour : they do but flatter with their lips,
and diffemble in their double heart.

3 The Lord fliall root out all deceitful lips :
and the tongue that fpeaketh proud things ;

4 Which have faid, With our tongue will
we prevail : we are they that ought to fpeak,
who is lord over us ?

5 Now for the comfortlefs troubles' fake
of the needy : and becaufe of the deep figh-
ing of the poor,

6 I will up, faith the Lord : and will help
every one from him that fwelleth againft him,
and will fet him at reft.

7 The words of the Lord are pure words :
even as the filver, which from the earth is
tried, and purified feven times in the fire.

THE PSALMS. Day 2.

8 Thou fhalt keep them, O Lord : thou
fhalt preferve him from this generation for
ever.

9 The ungodly walk on eveiy fide : when
they are exalted, the children of men are put
to rebuke.

PSALM 13. Ufque quo, Domine ?

HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord,
for ever : how long wilt thou hide thy
face from me ?

2 How long fhall I feek counfel in my
foul, and be fo vexed in my heart : how long
ftiall mine enemies triumph over me ?

3 Confider, and hear me, O Lord my God :
lighten mine eyes, that I fleep not in death.

4 Left mine enemy fay, I have prevailed
againft him : for if I be caft down, they that
trouble me will rejoice at it.

5 But my truft is in thy mercy : and my
heart is joyful in thy falvation.

6 I will fing of the Lord, becaufe he hath
dealt fo lovingly with me : yea, I will praife
the Name of the Lord moft Higheft.

PSALM 14. Dixit injipiens.

THE fool hath faid in his heart : There is
no God.

2 They are corrupt, and become abomi
nable in their doings : there is none that do-
eth good, no not one.

Day 2. THE PSALMS.

3 The Lord looked down from heaven up
on the children of men : to fee if there were
any that would underftand, and feek after
God.

4 But they are all gone out of the way,
they are altogether become abominable : there
is none that doeth good, no not one.

5 Their throat is an open fepulchre, with
their tongues have they deceived : the poifon
of afps is under their lips.

6 Their mouth is full of curfing and bit-
ternefs : their feet are fwift to fhed blood.

7 Deftru6tion and unhappinefs is in their
ways, and the way of peace have they not
known : there is no fear of God before their
eyes.

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are
all fuch workers of mischief : eating up my
people as it were bread, and call not upon the
Lord?

9 There were they brought in great fear,
even where no fear was : for God is in the ge
neration of the righteous.

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at
the counfel of the poor : becaufe he putteth
his truft in the Lord.

11 Who ihall give falvation unto Ifrael
out of Sion ? When the Lord turneth the
captivity of his people : then ihall Jacob re
joice, and Ifrael (hall be glad.

THE PSALMS. Day 3.

Doming Draper.

PSALM 15. Domine, quis habitabit ?

LORD, who (hall dwell in thy tabernacle :
or who fliall reft upon thy holy hill ?

2 Even he, that leadeth an uncorrupt life :
and doeth the thing which is right, and fpeak-
eth the truth from his heart.

3 He that hath ufed no deceit in his
tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour : and
hath not flandered his neighbour.

4 He that fetteth not by himfelf, but is
lowly in his own eyes : and maketh much of
them that fear the Lord.

5 He that fweareth unto his neighbour,
and difappointeth him not : though it were
to his own hindrance.

6 He that hath not given his money upon
ufury : nor taken reward againft the innocent.

7 Whofo doeth thefe things : fliall never fall.

PSALM 16. Conferva me, Domine.

PRESERVE me, O God : for in thee have
I put my truft.

2 O my foul, thou haft faid unto the Lord :
Thou art my God, my goods are nothing un
to thee.

3 All my delight is upon the faints, that
are in the earth : and upon fuch as excel in
virtue.

4 But they that run after another god :
fliall have great trouble.

Day3. THE PSALMS.

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not
offer : neither make mention of their names
within my lips.

6 The Lord himfelf is the portion of mine
inheritance, and of my cup : thou fhalt main
tain my lot.

7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair
ground : yea, I have a goodly heritage.

8 I will thank the Lord for giving me
waniing : my reins alfo chaften me in the
night feafon.

9 I have fet God always before me : for he
is on my right hand, therefore I fhall not fall

10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my
glory rejoiced : my flefh alfo (hall reft in hope.

1 1 For why ? thou (halt not leave my foul
in hell : neither fhalt thou fuffer thy Holy
One to fee corruption.

12 Thou lhalt (hew me the path of life ; iu
thy prefence is the fulnefs of joy : and at thy
right hand there is pleafure for evermore.

PSALM 17. Exaudi, Domme.

HEAR the right, O Lord, confider my
complaint : and hearken unto my prayer,
that goeth not out of feigned lips.

2 Let my fentence come forth from thy
prefence : and let thine eyes look upon the
thing that is equal.

3 Thou haft proved and vifited mine heart
in the night feafon ; thou haft tried me, and

THE PSALMS. Day 3.

fhalt find no wickednefs in me : for I am
utterly purpofed that my mouth (hall not of
fend.

4 Beeaufe* of men's works, that are done
againft the words of thy lips : I have kept me
from the ways of the deftroyer.

5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths :
that my footfteps flip not.

6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou
fhalt hear me : incline thine ear to me, and
hearken unto my words.

7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindnefs,
thou that art the Saviour of them which put
their truft in thee : from fuch as refift thy
right hand.

8 Keep me as the apple of an eye : hide
me under the fliadow of thy wings,

9 From the ungodly that trouble me :
mine enemies compafs me round about to
take away my foul.

10 They are inclofed in their own fat : and
their mouth fpeaketh proud things.

1 1 They lie waiting in our way on every
fide : turning their eyes down to the ground;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his
prey : and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking
in fecret places.

13 Up, Lord, difappoint him, and caft

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him down : deliver my foul from the ungod
ly, which is a fword of thine ;

Day 3. THE PSALMS.

14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord,
from the men, I fay, and from the evil world :
which have their portion in this life, whofe
bellies thon filleft with thy hid treafure.

15 They have children at their defire :
and leave the reft of their fubftance for their
babes.

16 But as for me, I will behold thy pre-
fence in righteoufnefs : and when I awake
up after thy likenefs, I fhall be fatisfied
with it.

Draper.

PSALM 18. Diligam te,Domine.

I Will love thee, O Lord, my ftrength ; the
Lord is my ftony rock, and my defence :
my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom
I will trull, my buckler, the horn alfo of my
falvation, and my refuge,

2 I will call upon the Lord, which is wor
thy to be praifed : fo (hall I be fafe from mine
enemies.

3 The forrows of death compafled me :
and the overflowings of ungodlinefs made me
afraid.

4 The pains of hell came about me : the
fnares of death overtook me.

5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord :
and complain unto my God.

6 So lhall he hear my voice out of his holy

THE PSALMS. Day 3.

temple : and my complaint fliall come before
him, it fliall enter even into his ears.

7 The earth trembled and quaked : the
very foundations alfo of the hills (hook, and
were removed, becaufe he was wroth.

8 There went a fmoke out in his pre-
fence : and a confuming fire out of his mouth,
fo that coals were kindled at it.

9 He bowed the heavens alfo, and came
down : and it was dark under his feet.

10 He rode upon the cherubims, and did
fly : he came flying upon the wings of the
wind.

1 1 He made darknefs his fecret place : his
pavilion round about him with dark water,
and thick clouds to cover him.

12 At the brightnefs of his prefence his
clouds removed : hail-ftones, and coals of fire.

13 The Lord alfo thundered out of hea
ven, and the Higheft gave his thunder : hail-
ftones, and coals of fire.

14 He fent out his arrows, and fcattered
them : he caft forth lightnings, and deftroyed
them.

15 The fprings of waters wrere feen, and
the foundations of the round world were dif-
covered, at thy chiding, O Lord : at the blaft-
ing of the breath of thy difpleafure.

16 He (hall fend down from on high to fetch
me : and fliall take me out of many waters.

Day 3. THE PSALMS.

17 He fhall deliver me from my ftrongeft
enemy, and from them which hate me : for
they are too mighty for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my
trouble : but the Lord was my upholder.

19 He brought me forth alfo into a place
of liberty : he brought me forth, even becaufe
he had a favour unto me.

20 The Lord fhall reward me after my
righteous dealing : according to the cleannefs
of my hands ftiall he recompenfe me.

21 Becaufe I have kept the ways of the
Lord : and have not forfaken my God, as the
wicked doth.

22 For I have an eye unto all his laws : and
will not caft out his commandments from
me.

23 I was alfo uncorrupt before him : and
efchewed mine own wickednefs.

24 Therefore fhall the Lord reward me af
ter my righteous dealing : and according unto
the cleannefs of my hands in his eye-fight.

25 With the holy thou fhalt be holy : and
with a perfedl man thou fhalt be perfect.

26 With the clean thou fhalt be clean : and
with the froward thou fhalt learn frowardnefs.

27 For thou fhalt fave the people that are
in adverfity : and fhalt bring down the high
looks of the proud.

28 Thou alfo fhalt light my candle : the

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THE PSALMS. Day3.

Lord my God ftiall make my darknefs to be
light.

29 For in thee I fhall difcomfit an hoft of
men : and with the help of my God I ftiall
leap over the wall.

30 The way of God is an undefiled way :
the word of the Lord alfo is tried in the fire ;
he is the defender of all them that put their
truft in him.

31 For who is God, but the Lord : or who
hath any ftrength, except our God?

32 It is God, that girdeth me with ftrength
of war : and maketh my way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like harts' feet :
and fetteth me up on high.

34 He teacheth mine hands to fight :
and mine arms fhall break even a bow of
fteel.

35 Thou haft given me the defence of thy
falvation : thy right hand alfo ftiall hold me
up, and thy loving correction fliall make me
great.

36 Thou fhalt make room enough under me
for to go : that my footfteps ftiall not flide.

37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and
overtake them : neither will I turn again till
I have deftroyed them.

38 I will finite them, that they fliall not be
able to ftand : but fall under my feet.

39 Thou haft girded me with ftrength unto

Day 3. THE PSALMS.

the battle : thou flialt throw down mine ene
mies under me.

40 Thou haft made mine enemies alfo to
turn their backs upon me : and I (hall deftroy
them that hate me.

41 They fliall cry, but there fhall be none
to help them : yea, even unto the Lord fliall
they cry, but he fhall not hear them.

42 I will beat them as fmall as the duft
before the wind : I will caft them out as the
clay in the ftreets.

43 Thou fhalt deliver me from the drivings
of the people : and thou flialt make me the
head of the heathen.

44 A people whom I have not known :
fliall ferve me.

45 As foon as they hear of me, they fliall
obey me : but the ftrange children fliall dif-
femble with me.

46 The ftrange children fhall fail : and be
afraid out of their prifons.

47 The Lord liveth, and blefled be my
ftrong helper : and praifed be the God of my
falvation.

48 Even the God that feeth that I be
avenged : and fubdueth the people unto me.

49 It is he that delivereth me from my
cruel enemies, and fetteth me up above mine
adverfaries : thou flialt rid me from the wick
ed man.

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THE PSALMS. Day 4.

50 For this caufe will I give thanks unto
thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles : and fing
praifes unto thy Name.

51 Great profperity giveth he unto his
King : and flieweth loving-kindnefs unto Da
vid his Anointed, and unto his feed for ever
more.

, '\ Corning Draper. 1

PSALM 19. Cceli enarrant.

THE heavens declare the glory of God :
and the firmament flieweth his handy-
work.

2 One day telleth another : and one night
certifieth another.

3 There is neither fpeech nor language :
but their voices are heard among them.

4 Their found is gone out into all lands :
and their words into the ends of the world.

5 In theni hath he fet a tabernacle for the
fun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out
of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to
run his courfe.

6 It goeth forth from the uttermoft part of
the heaven, and runneth about unto the end
of it again : and there is nothing hid from
the heat thereof.

7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law,
converting the foul : the teftimony of the Lord
is fure, and giveth wifdom unto the fimple.

Day4. THE PSALMS.

8 The flatiites of the Lord are right, and
rejoice the heart : the commandment of the
Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and en-
dureth for ever : the judgements of the Lord
are true, and righteous altogether.

10 More to be defired are they than gold,
yea, than much fine gold : fweeter alfo than
honey, and the honey-comb.

11 Moreover, by them is thy fervant
taught : and in keeping of them there is
great reward.

12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth : O
cleanfe thou me from my fecret faults.

13 Keep thy fervant alfo from prefumptu-
ous fins, left they get the dominion over me :
fo fhall I be unaefiled, and innocent from the
great offence.

14 Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart : be alway acceptable
in thy fight,

15 O Lord : my ftrength, and my re
deemer.

PSALM 20. Exaudiat te Dominus.

THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble :
the Name of the God of Jacob defend
thee;

2 Send thee help from the fandluary : and
ftrengthen thee out of Sion ;

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3 Remember all thy offerings : and accept
thy burnt facrifice ;

4 Grant thee thy heart's defire : and fulfil
all thy mind.

5 We will rejoice in thy falvation, and tri
umph in the Name of the Lord our God :
th$ Lord perform all thy petitions.

6 Now know I, that the Lord helpeth his
Anointed, and will hear him from his holy
heaven : even with the wholefome ftrength of
his right hand.

7 Some put their truft in chariots, and
fome in horfes : but we will remember the
Name of the Lord our God.

8 They are brought down, and fallen :
but we are rifen, and ftand upright.

9 Save, Lord, and hear us, O King of hea-
veii : when we call upon thee.

PSALM 21- -fiomine, in virtute tua.

THE King fhall rejoice in thy ftrength, O
Lord : exceeding glad (hall he be of thy
falvation.

2 Thou haft given him his heart's defire :
and haft not denied him the requeft of his
lips.

3 For thou fhalt prevent him with the bleff-
ings of goodnefs : and (halt fet a crown of
pure gold upon his head.

4 He afked life of thee, and thou gaveft
him a long life ; even for ever and ever.

Day4. THE PSALMS.

5 His honour is great in thy falvation : glo
ry and great worfhip lhalt thou lay upon him.

6 For thou (halt give him everlafting feli
city : and make him glad with the joy of thy
countenance.

7 And why ? becaufe the King putteth his
truft in the Lord : and in the mercy of the
moft Higheft he fhall not mifcarry.

8 All thine enemies (hall feel thy hand : thy
right hand fhall find out them that hate thee.

9 Thou lhalt make them like a fiery oven
in time of thy wrath : the Lord (hall deftroy
them in his difpleafure, and the fire (hall con-
fume them.

10 Their fruit flialt thou root out of the
earth : and their feed from among the chil
dren of men.

1 1 For they intended mifchief againft thee :
and imagined fuch a device as they are not
able to perform.

12 Therefore fhalt thou put them to flight :
and the firings of thy bow fhalt thou make
ready againft the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own
ftrength : fo will we fing, and praife thy power.

Cutting Draper,

PSALM 22. Deus, Deus meus.

MY God, my God, look upon me ; why
haft thou forfaken me : and art fo far

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THE PSALMS. I%4.

from my health, and from the words of my
complaint ?

2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but
thou heareft not : and in the night feafon alfo
I take no reft.

3 And thou continueft holy : O thou wor-
flrip of Ifrael.

4 Our fathers hoped in thee : they trufted
in thee, and thou didft deliver them.

5 They called upon thee, and were holpen :
they put their truft in thee, and were not con
founded.

6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no
man : a very fcorn of men, and the outcaft
of the people.

7 All they that fee me laugh me to fcorn :
they fhoot out their lips, and fhake their heads,
faying,

8 He trufted in God, that he would deliver
him : let him deliver him, if he will have him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of my
mother's womb : thou waft my hope, when
I hanged yet upon my mother's breafts.

101 have been left unto thee ever fince I
was born : thou art my God even from my
mother's womb.

1 1 O go not from me, for trouble is hard
at hand : and there is none to help me.

12 Many oxen are come about me : fat
bulls of Bafan clofe me in on every fide.

Day*. THE PSALMS.

13 They gape upon me with their mouths :
as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.

141 am poured out like water, and all my
bones are out of joint : my heart alfo in the
midft of my body is even like melting wax.

15 My ftrength is dried up like a potfherd,
and my tongue cleaveth to my gums : and
thou flialt bring me into the duft of death.

16 For many dogs are come about me :
and the council of the wicked layeth fiege
againft me.

17 They pierced my hands and my feet ; I
may tell all my bones : they (land flaring and
looking upon me.

18 They part my garments among them :
and caft lots upon my vefture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O Lord :
thou art my fuccour, hafte thee to help me.

20 Deliver my foul from the fword : my
darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth : thou
haft heard me alfo from among the horns of
the unicorns.

22 I will declare thy Name unto my bre
thren : in the midft of the congregation will
I praife thee.

23 O praife the Lord, ye that fear him :
magnify him, all ye of the feed of Jacob, and
fear him, all ye feed of Ifrael ;

24 For he hath not defpifed, nor abhorred,

THE PSALMS. Day 4.

the low eftate of the poor : he hath not hid
his face from him, but when he called unto
him he heard him.

25 My praife is of thee in the great con
gregation : my vows will I perform in the
fight of them that fear him.

26 The poor fliall eat, and be fatisfied :
they that feek after the Lord fliall praife him;|
your heart (hall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the world fliall remem- j
ber themfelves, and be turned unto the Lord :j
and all the kindreds of the nations (hall wor-|
ihip before him.

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : and|
he is the Governour among the people.

29 All fuch as be fat upon earth : have!
eaten, and worlhipped.

30 All they that go down into the duft
fliall kneel before him : and no man hath
quickened his own foul.

31 My feed fliall ferve him : they fliall be
counted unto the Lord for a generation.

32 They fliall come, and the heavens fliall
declare his righteoufnefs : unto a people that
fliall be born, whom the Lord hath made.

PSALM 23. Dominus regit me.

THE Lord is my ftiepherd : therefore can
I lack nothing.

2 He fliall feed me in a green pafture : and
lead me forth befide the waters of comfort.

Day 5. THE PSALMS.

3 He fhall convert my foul : and bring
me forth in the paths of righteoufnefs, for his
Name's fake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the fliadow of death, I will fear no evil :
for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy ftaff
comfort me.

5 Thou flialt prepare a table before me
againft them that trouble me : thou haft
anointed my head with oil, and my cup fhall
be full.

6 But thy loving-kindnefs and mercy fhall
follow me all the clays of my life : and I will
dwell in the houfe of the Lord for ever.

Draper, -i ^ r

PSALM 24. Domini eft terra.

THE earth is the Lord's, and all that there
in is : the compafs of the world, and they
that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the feas :
and prepared it upon the floods.

3 Who fliall afcend into the hill of the
Lord : or who fliall rife up in his holy place ?

4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure
heart : and that hath not lift up his mind unto
vanity, nor fwom to deceive his neighbour.

5 He fliall receive the blefling from the
Lord : and righteoufnefs from the God of his
falvation.

THE PSALMS. Day 5.

6 This is the generation of them that feek
him : even of them that feek thy face, O Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be
ye lift up, ye everlafting doors : and the King
of glory fhall come in.

8 Who is the King of glory : it is the Lord
ftrong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in
battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be
ye lift up, ye everlafting doors : and the King
of glory fhall come in.

10 Who is the King of glory : even the
Lord of hofts, he is the King of glory.

PSALM 25. Ad te, Domme, levavi.

UNTO thee, O Lord, will I lift up my
foul; my God, I have put my truft in
thee : O let me not be confounded, neither
let mine enemies triumph over me.

2 For all they that hope in thee Ihall not
be afliamed : but fuch as tranfgrefs without
a caufe Ihall be put to confufion.

3 Shew me thy ways, O Lord : and teach
me thy paths.

4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn
me : for thou art the God of my falvation ; in
thee hath been my hope all the day long.

5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy ten
der mercies : and thy loving-kindnefles, which
have been ever of old.

6 O remember not the fins and offences of

Day 5. THE PSALMS.

my youth : but according to thy mercy think
thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodnefs.

7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord :
therefore will he teach finners in the way.

8 Them that are meek (hall he guide in
judgement : and fuch as are gentle, them fhall
he learn his way.

9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy
and truth : unto fuch as keep his covenant,
and his teftimonies.

10 For thy Name's fake, O Lord : be
merciful unto my fin, for it is great.

1 1 What man is he, that feareth the Lord :
him fhall he teach in the way that he fhall
choofe.

12 His foul fhall dwell at eafe : and his
feed lhall inherit the land.

13 The fecret of the Lord is among them
that fear him : and he will fhew them his co
venant.

14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the
Lord : for he fhall pluck my feet out of the net.

15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy
upon me : for I am defolate, and in mifery.

16 The forrows of my heart are enlarged :
O bring thou me out of my troubles.

17 Look upon my adverfity and mifery :
d forgive me all my fin.

18 Confider mine enemies, how many they
e : and they bear a tyrannous hate againft me.

THE PSALMS. 1%5.

19 O keep my foul, and deliver me : let
me not be confounded, for I have put my
truft in thee.

20 Let perfe6tnefs and righteous dealing
wait upon me : for my hope hath been in thee.

21 Deliver Ifrael, O God : out of all his
troubles.

PSALM 26. Judica me, Domine.

BE thou my Judge, O Lord, for I have
walked innocently : my truft hath been
alfo in the Lolrd, therefore fliall I not fall.

2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me :
try out my reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindnefs is ever before
mine eyes : and I will walk in thy truth.

4 I have not dwelt with vain perfons : nei
ther will I have fellowlhip with the deceitful.

5 I have hated the congregation of the
wicked : and will not fit among the ungodly. [

6 I will wafh my hands in innocency, O
Lord : and fo will I go to thine altar ;

7 That I may (hew the voice of thankf- |
giving : and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy
houfe : and the place where thine honour
dwelleth.

9 O fliut not up my foul with the finners :
nor my life with the blood-thirfty ;

10 In whofe hands is wickednefs : and j
their right hand is full of gifts.

Day 5. THE PSALMS.

1 1 But as for me, I will walk innocently :
O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

12 My foot ftandeth right : I will praife
the Lord in the congregations.

Draper.

PSALM 27- Dominus illuminatio.

THE Lord is my light, and my falvation ;
whom then (hall I fear : the Lord is the
ftrength of my life ; of whom then ftiall I be
afraid?

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies,
and my foes, came upon me to eat up my
flefli : they Humbled and fell.

3 Though an hoft of men were laid againft
me, yet ftiall not my heart be afraid : and
though there rofe up war againft me, yet will
I put my truft in him.

4 One thing have I defired of the Lord,
which I will require : even that I may dwell
in the houfe of the Lord all the days of my
life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord,
and to vifit his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he ftiall hide
me in his tabernacle : yea, in the fecret place
of his dwelling fliall he hide me, and fet me
up upon a rock of ft one.

6 And now fliall he lift up mine head :
above mine enemies round about me.

THE PSALMS. Day 5.

7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an
oblation with great gladnefs : I will fing, and
fpeak praifes unto the Lord.

8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when
I cry unto thee : have mercy upon me, and
hear me.

9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye
my face : Thy face, Lord, will I feek.

10 O hide not thou thy face from me :
nor caft thy fervant away in difpleafure.

1 1 Thou haft been my fuccour : leave me
not, neither forfake me, O God of my falva-
tion.

12 When my father and my mother for
fake me : the Lord taketh me up.

13 Teach me thy way, O Lord : and lead
me in the right way, becaufe of mine ene
mies.

14 Deliver me not over into the will of
mine adverfaries : for there are falfe witneffes
rifen up againft me, and fuch as fpeak wrong.

151 fhould utterly have fainted : but that I
believe verily to fee the goodnefs of the Lord
in the land of the living.

16 O tarry thou the Lord's leifure : be
ftrong, and he fhall comfort thine heart ; and
put thou thy truft in the Lord.

PSALM 28. Adte, Domine.
T INTO thee will I cry, O Lord my ftrength :
*J think no fcorn of me; left, if thou make

Day 5. THE PSALMS.

as though thou heareft not, I become like
them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions,
when I cry unto thee : when I hold up my
hands towards the mercy-feat of thy holy
temple.

3 O pluck me not away, neither deftroy me
with the ungodly and wicked doers : which
fpeak friendly to their neighbours, but ima
gine mifchief in their hearts.

4 Reward them according to their deeds :
and according to the wickednefs of their own
inventions.

5 Recompenfe them after the work of their
hands : pay them that they have deferved. n>

6 For they regard not in their mind the
works of the Lord, nor the operation of his
hands : therefore fliall he break them down,
and not build them up,

7 Praifed be the Lord : for he hath heard
the voice of my humble petitions.

8 The Lord is my ftrength, and my ftiield ;
my heart hath trufted in him, and I am help
ed : therefore my heart danceth for joy, and
in my fong will I praife him.

9 The Lord is my ftrength : and he is the
wholfome defence of his Anointed.

10 O fave thy people, and give thy bleffing
unto thine inheritance : feed them, and fet
them up for ever.

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THE PSALMS. Day 5.

PSALM 29. Afferte Domino.

BRING unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring
young rams unto the Lord : afcribe unto
the Lord worlhip and ftrength.

2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his
Name : worfhip the Lord with holy worfhip.

3 It is the Lord, that commandeth the wa
ters : it is the glorious God, that maketh the
thunder.

4 It is the Lord, that ruleth the fea ; the
voice of the Lord is mighty in operation : the
voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the ce
dar-trees : yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars
of Libanus.

6 He maketh them alfo to ikip like a calf :
Libanus alfo, and Sirion, like a young unicorn.

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the
flames of fire ; the voice of the Lord fliaketh
the wildemefs : yea, the Lord fliaketh the
wildernefs of Cades.

8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds
to bring forth young, and difcovereth the
thick buihes : in his temple doth every man!
fpeak of his honour.

9 The Lord fitteth above the water-flood :
and the Lord remaineth a King for ever.

10 The Lord fhall give ftrength unto his (
people : the Lord fliall give his people the
oleffing of peace.

DayG. THE PSALMS.

;fHormng Draper, srv

PSALM 30. Exaltabo te, Domine.

I Will magnify thee, O Lord, for thou haft
fet me up : and not made my foes to tri
umph over me.

2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee : and
thou haft healed me.

3 Thou, Lord, haft brought my foul out of
hell : thou haft kept my life from them that
go down to the pit.

4 Sing praifes unto the Lord, O ye faints
of his : and give thanks unto him for a re
membrance of his holinefs.

5 For his wrath endureth but the twink
ling of an eye, and in his pleafure is life :
heavinefs may endure for a night, but joy
cometh in the morning.

6 And in my profperity I faid, I fhall ne
ver be removed : thou, Lord, of thy goodnefs
haft made my hill fo ftrong.

7 Thou didft turn thy face from me : and
I was troubled.

8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord : and
gat me to my Lord right humbly.

9 What profit is there in my blood : when
. I go down to the pit ?

10 Shall the duft give thanks unto thee :
s or (hall it declare thy truth ?

e 1 1 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon
me : Lord, be thou my helper.

Dd 2

THE PSALMS. Day 6.

12 Thou haft turned my heavinefs into
joy : thou haft put off my fackcloth, and
girded me with gladnefs.

13 Therefore ftiall every good man fing of
thy praife without ceaiing : O my God,, I will
give thanks unto thee for ever.

PSALM 31. In te, Domine,fperavi.

IN thee, O Lord, have I put my truft : let
me never be put to confufion, deliver me
in thy righteoufnefs.

2 Bow down thine ear to me : make hafte
to deliver me.

3 And be thou my ftrong rock, and houfe
of defence : that thou mayeft fave me.

4 For thou art my ftrong rock, and my
caftle : be thou alfo my guide, and lead me
for thy Name's fake.

5 Draw me out of the net, that they have
laid privily for me : for thou art my ftrength.

6 Into thy hands I commend my fpirit :
for thou haft redeemed me, O Lord, thou God
of truth.

7 I have hated them that hold of fuper-
ftitious vanities : and my truft hath been in
the Lord.

8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy :
for thou haft confidered my trouble, and hafti
known my foul in adverfities.

9 Thou haft not flint me up into the handj

Day 6. THE PSALMS.

of the enemy : but haft fet my feet in a large
room.

10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am
in trouble : and mine eye is confumed for
very heavinefs ; yea, my foul and my body.

11 For my life is waxen old with heavi
nefs : and my years with mourning.

12 My ftrength faileth me, becaufe of mine
iniquity : and my bones are confumed.

13 I became a reproof among all mine
enemies, but efpecially among my neighbours :
and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of
me ; and they that did fee me without con
veyed themfelves from me.

14 I am clean forgotten, as a dead man
out of mind : I am become like a broken
veffel.

15 For I have heard the blafphemy of the
multitude : and fear is on every fide, while
they confpire together againft me, and take
their counfel to take away my life.

16 But my hope hath been in thee, O
Lord : I have faid, Thou art my God.

17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me
from the hand of mine enemies : and from
them that perfecute me.

18 Shew thy fervant the light of thy coun
tenance : and fave me for thy mercy's fake.

19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord,
for I have called upon thee : let the ungodly

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THE PSALMS. Day 6.

be put to confufion, and be put to filence in
the grave.

20 Let the lying lips be put to filence :
which cruelly, difdainfully, and defpitefully,
fpeak againft the righteous.

21 O how plentiful is thy goodnefs, which
thou haft laid up for them that fear thee : and
that thou haft prepared for them that put their
truft in thee, even before the fons of men !

22 Thou fhalt hide them privily by thine
own prefence from the provoking of all men :
thou ftialt keep them fecretly in thy taber
nacle from the ftrife of tongues.

23 Thanks be to the Lord : for he hath
fhewed me marvellous great kindnefs in a
ftrong city.

24 And when I made hafte, I faid : I am
caft out of the fight of thine eyes.

25 Neverthelefs, thou heardeft the voice of
my prayer : when I cried unto thee.

26 O love the Lord, all ye his faints : for
the Lord preferveth them that are faithful,
and plenteoufly rewardeth the proud doer.

27 Be ftrong, and he ihall eftablifh your
heart : all ye that put your truft in the Lord.

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Draper.

PSALM 32. Beati, quorum.
LESSED is he whofe unrighteoufnefs
is forgiven : and whofe fin is covered.

Day 6. THE PSALMS.

2 Blefled is the man unto whom the Lord
imputeth no fin : and in whofe fpirit there is
no guile.

3 For while I held my tongue : my bones
confumed away through my daily complaining.

4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and
night : and my moifture is like the drought
in fummer.

5 I will acknowledge my fin unto thee :
and mine unrighteoufnefs have I not hid.

6 I faid, I will confefs my fins unto the
Lord : and fo thou forgaveft the wickednefs
of my fin.

7 For this fliall every one that is godly
make his prayer unto thee, in a time when
thou mayeft be found : but in the great water-
floods they fhall not come nigh him.

8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou
flialt preferve me from trouble : thou fhalt
compafs me about with fongs of deliverance.

9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the
way wherein thou fhalt go : and I will guide
thee with mine eye.

10 Be ye not like to horfe and mule, which
have no underftanding : whofe mouths muft
be held with bit and bridle, left they fall upon
thee.

1 1 Great plagues remain for the ungodly :
but whofo putteth his truft in the Lord, mercy
embraceth him on every lide.

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THE PSALMS. Day 6.

12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in
the Lord : and be joyful, all ye that are true
of heart.

PSALM 33. Exultate,jufti.

REJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous :
for it becometh well the juft to be thank
ful.

2 Praife the Lord with harp : fing praifes
unto him with the lute, and inftrument of ten
firings.

3 Sing unto the Lord a new fong : fing
praifes luftily unto him with a good courage.

4 For the word of the Lord is true : and
all his works are faithful.

5 He loveth righteoufnefs and judgement :
the earth is full of the goodnefs of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord were the hea
vens made : and all the hofts of them by the
breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the fea to
gether, as it were upon an heap : and layeth
up the deep, as in a treafure-houfe.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : fland
in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world.

9 For he fpake, and it was done : he com
manded, and it flood fafl.

10 The Lord bringeth the counfel of the
heathen to nought : and maketh the devices
of the people to be of none effedt, and cafteth
out the counfels of princes.

Day 6. THE PSALMS.

1 1 The counfel of the Lord fhall endure
for ever : and the thoughts of his heart from
generation to generation.

12 Bleffed are the people, whofe God is
the Lord Jehovah : and blefled are the folk,
that he hath chofen to him to be his inherit
ance.

13 The Lord looked down from heaven,
and beheld all the children of men : from the
habitation of his dwelling he confidereth all
them that dwell on the earth.

14 He fafliioneth all the hearts of them :
and underftandeth all their works.

15 There is no king that can be faved by
the multitude of an hoft : neither is any mighty
man delivered by much ftrength.

16 A horfe is counted but a vain thing to
fave a man : neither (hall he deliver any man
by his great ftrength.

17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon
them that fear him : and upon them that put
their truft in his mercy ;

18 To deliver their foul from death : and
to feed them in the time of dearth.

19 Our foul hath patiently tarried for the
Lord : for he is our help, and our fhield.

20 For our heart ftiall rejoice in him : be-
caufe we have hoped in his holy Name.

21 Let thy merciful kindnefs, O Lord, be
upon us : like as we do put our truft in thee.

THE PSALMS. Day 6.

PSALM 34. Benedicam Domino.

I Will aJway give thanks unto the Lord : his
praife ftiall ever be in my mouth.

2 My foul ftiall make her boaft in the Lord ;
the humble ftiall hear thereof, and be glad.

3 O praife the Lord with me : and let us
magnify his Name together.

4 I fought the Lord, and he heard me :
yea, he delivered me out of all my fear.

5 They had an eye unto him, and were
lightened : and their faces were not aftiamed.

6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth
him : yea, and faveth him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round a-
bout them that fear him : and delivereth them.

8 O tafte, and fee, how gracious the Lord
is : blefled is the man that trufteth in him.

9 O fear the Lord, ye that are his faints :
for they that fear him lack nothing.

10 The lions do lack, and fuffer hunger :
but they who feek the Lord fliall want no
manner of thing that is good.

11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto
me : I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12 What man is he that lufteth to live :
and would fain fee good days ?

13 Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy
lips, that they fpeak no guile.

14 Efchew evil, and do good : feek peace,
and enfue it.

'Day 7. THE PSALMS.

15 The eyes of the Lord are over the
i righteous : and his ears are open unto their
prayers.

16 The countenance of the Lord is againft
them that do evil : to root out the remem
brance of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hear-
eth them : and delivereth them out of all
their troubles.

18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are
of a contrite heart : and will fave fuch as be
of an humble fpirit.

19 Great are the troubles of the righteous :
but the Lord delivereth him out of all.

20 He keepeth all his bones ; fo that not
one of them is broken.

21 But misfortune fliall flay the ungodly :
and they that hate the righteous fliall be de-
folate.

22 The Lord delivereth the fouls of his
fervants : and all they that put their truft in
him fliall not be deftitute.

h Doming Draper.

PSALM 35. Judica, Domine.

PLEAD thou my caufe, O Lord, with
them that ftrive with me : and fight
thou againft them that fight againft me.

2 Lay hand upon the ftiield and buckler :
and ftancl up to help me.

THE PSALMS. Day 7,1

thy tongue then, go not far from me, 0
Lord.

23 Awake, and ftand up to judge my quar-l
rel : avenge thou my caufe, my God, and myj
Lord.

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according
to thy righteoufnefs : and let them not tri-j
umph over me.

25 Let them not fay in their hearts, There,]
there, fo would we have it : neither let thei
fay, We have devoured him.

26 Let them be put to confufion and flian*
together, that rejoice at my trouble : let them
be clothed with rebuke and difhonour, that!
boaft themfelves againft me.

27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that fa
vour my righteous dealing : yea, let them fay
alway, Blefled be the Lord, who hath pleafure
in the profperity of his fervant.

28 And as for my tongue, it fhall be talk
ing of thy righteoufnefs : and of thy praife all
the day long.

PSALM 36. Dixit injuftus.

MY heart iheweth me the wickednefs of j
the ungodly : that there is no fear of
God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himfelf in his own fight :
until his abominable fin be found out.

3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous,

Day?. THE PSALMS.

and full of deceit : he hath left off to behave

himfelf wifely, and to do good.

4 He imagineth mifchief upon his bed,
and hath fet himfelf in no good way : neither
doth he abhor any thing that is evil.

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the
heavens : and thy faithfulnefs unto the
clouds.

6 Thy righteoufnefs ftandeth like the ftrong
mountains : thy judgements are like the great
deep.

7 Thou, Lord, {halt fave both man and
beaft; How excellent is thy mercy, O God :
and the children of men fhall put their truft
under the fliadow of thy wings.

8 They fhall be fatisfied with the plen-
teoufnefs of thy houfe : and thou fhalt give
them drink of thy pleafures, as out of the
river.

9 For with thee is the well of life : and in
thy light fhall we fee light.

10 O continue forth thy loving-kindnefs
unto them that know thee : and thy righte
oufnefs unto them that are true of heart.

11 O let not the foot of pride come againft
me : and let not the hand of the ungodly caft
me down.

12 There are they fallen, all that work wick-
ednefs : they are caft down, and (hall not be
able to ftand.

THE PSALMS. Day 1.

6t>enmg Draper* ;

PSALM 37. Noli <zmulari.

FRET not thyfelf becaufe of the ungodly :
neither be thou envious againft the evil
doers.

2 For they fliall foon be cut down like the
grafs : and be withered even as the green
herb.

3 Put thou thy truft in the Lord, and be
doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou
{halt be fed.

4 Delight thou in the Lord : and he fliall
give thee thy heart's defire.

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put
thy truft in him : and he fhall bring it to pafs.

6 He (hall make thy righteoufnefs as clear
as the light : and thy juft dealing as the noon
day.

7 Hold thee ftill in the Lord, and abide
patiently upon him : but grieve not thyfelf at
him, whofe way doth profper, againft the man
that doeth after evil counfels.

8 Leave off from wrath, and let go difplea-
fure : fret not thyfelf, elfe flialt thou be moved
to do evil.

9 Wicked doers fliall be rooted out : and
they that patiently abide the Lord, thofe
fliall inherit the land.

10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly (hall

Day?. THE PSALMS.

be clean gone : thou (halt look after his place,
and he fhall be away.

1 1 But the meek-fpirited ftiall poflefs the
earth : and fhall be refrelhed in the multi
tude of peace.

12 The ungodly feeketh counfel againft
the juft : egnd gnalheth upon him with his
teeth.

13 The Lord (hall laugh him to fcom :
for he hath feen that his day is coming.

14 The ungodly have drawn out the fword,
and have bent their bow : to caft down the
poor and needy, and to flay fuch as are of a
right converfation.

15 Their fword ftiall go through their own
heart : and their bow (hall be broken.

16 A fmall thing that the righteous hath :
is better than great riches of the ungodly.

17 For the arms of the ungodly (hall be
broken : and the Lord upholdeth the righte-

t ous.

j 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the god
ly : and their inheritance (hall endure for ever.
19 They (hall not be confounded in the pe-

j rilous time : and in the days of dearth they
(hall have enough.

d 20 As for the ungodly, they (hall peri(h j

e and the enemies of the Lord (hall confume as
the fat of lambs : yea, even as the fmoke, fliall

j) they confume away.

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not again : but the righteous is merciful, and
liberal.

22 Such as are blefled of God fliall poflefs
the land : and they that are curfed of him
fliall be rooted out.

23 The Lord ordereth a good man's go
ing : and maketh his way acceptable to him-
felf.

24 Though he fall, he fliall not be caft
away : for the Lord upholdeth him with his
hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old :
and yet faw I never the righteous forfaken,
nor his feed begging their bread.

26 The righteous is ever merciful, and
lendeth : and his feed is blefled.

27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that
is good : and dwell for evermore.

28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is
right : he forfaketh not his that be godly, but
they are preferred for ever.

29 The unrighteous fliall be puniflied : as
for the feed of the ungodly, it fliall be rooted
out.

30 The righteous fliall inherit the land :
and dwell therein for ever.

31 The mouth of the righteous is exer-
cifed in wifdom : and his tongue will be talk
ing of judgement.

Bay 7. THE PSALMS.

32 The law of his God is iahis heart : and
his goings fhall not flide.

33 The ungodly feeth the righteous : and
feeketh occafion to flay him.

34 The Lord will not leave him in his
hand : nor condemn him when he is judg
ed.

35 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his
way, and he ftiall promote thee, that thou
flialt poffefs the land : when the ungodly (hall
peridi, thou flialt fee it.

36 I myfelf have feen the ungodly in great
power : and flourishing like a green bay-
tree.

37 I went by, and lo, he was gone : I
fought him, but his place could no where be
found.

38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the
thing that is right : for that fliall bring a man
peace at the laft.

39 As for the tranfgreflbrs, they fliall perifli
together : and the end of the ungodly is, they
fliall be rooted out at the laft.

40 But the falvation of the righteous cometh
of the Lord : who is alfo their ftrength in the
time of trouble.

41 And the Lord fliall ftand by them, and
fave them : he ftiall deliver them from the
ungodly, and {hall fave them, becaufe they put
their truft hi him.

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THE PSALMS. Day 8.

Corning Draper,

PSALM 38. Domine, ne in furore.

PUT me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine
anger : neither chaften me in thy heavy
difpleafure.

2 For thine arrows ftick faft in me : and
thy hand prefleth me fore.

3 There is no health in my flefh, becaufe
of thy difpleafure : neither is there any reft in
my bones, by reafon of my fin.

4 For my wickedneffes are gone over my
head : and are like a fore burden, too heavy
for me to bear.

5 My wounds ftink, and are corrupt :
through my foolilhnefs.

6 I am brought into fo great trouble and
mifery : that I go mourning all the day long.

7 For my loins are filled with a fore dif-
eafe : and there is no whole part in my body.

8 I am feeble, and fore fmitten : I have
roared for the veiy difquietnefs of my heart.

9 Lord, thou knoweft all my defire : and
my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My heart panteth, my ftrength hath
failed me : and the fight of mine eyes is gone
from me.

1 1 My lovers and my neighbours did ftand

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looking upon my trouble : and my kinfmen
flood afar off.

Day 8. THE PSALMS.

12 They alfo that fought after my life laid
fnares for me : and they that went about to
do me evil talked of wickednefs, and imagined
deceit all the day long.

13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and
heard not : and as one that is dumb, who
doth not open his mouth.

14 I became even as a man that heareth
not : and in whofe mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in thee, O Lord, have I put my
truft : thou fhalt anfwer for me, O Lord my
God.

16 I have required that they, even mine
enemies, fhould not triumph over me : for
when my foot flipped, they rejoiced greatly
againft me.

17 And I, truly, am fet in the plague : and
my heavinefs is ever in my fight.

18 For I will confefs my wickednefs : and
be forry for my fin.

19 But mine enemies live, and are mighty :
and they that hate me wrongfully are many in
number.

20 They alfo that reward evil for good are
againft me : becaufe I follow the thing that
good is.

21 Forfake me not, O Lord my God : be
d not thou far from me.

22 Hafte thee to help me : O Lord God
of my falvation.

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THE PSALMS. Day 8.

PSALM 39. Dioci, cujlodiam.

I Said,, I will take heed to my ways : that I
offend not in my tongue.

2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a
bridle : while the ungodly is in my fight.

3 I held my tongue, and fpake nothing : I
kept filence, yea, even from good words ; but
it was pain and grief to me.

4 My heart was hot within me, and while
I was thus mufing the fire kindled : and at
the laft I fpake with my tongue ;

5 Lord, let me know mine end, and the
number of my days : that I may be certified
how long I have to live.

6 Behold, thou haft made my days as it
were a fpan long : and mine age is even as
nothing in refpedt of thee ; and verily every
man living is altogether vanity.

7 For man walketh in a vain ftiadow, and
difquieteth himfelf in vain : he heapeth up
riches, and cannot tell who lhall gather them,
ill 8 And now, Lord, what is my hope : truly
my hope is even in thee.

9 Deliver me from all mine offences : and
make me not a rebuke unto the foolifh.

10 I became dumb, and opened not my
mouth : for it was thy doing.

1 1 Take thy plague away from me : I am
even confumed by the means of thy heavy
hand.

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12 When thou with rebukes doft diaften
man for fin, thou makeft his beauty to con-
fume away, like as it were a moth fretting a
garment : every man therefore is but vanity.

13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with
thine ears confider my calling : hold not thy
peace at my tears.

14 For I am a ftr anger with thee : and a
fojourner, as all my fathers were.

ISO fpare me a little, that I may recover
my ftrength : before I go hence, and be no
more feen.

PSALM 40. ExpeSlans expeStavi.

I Waited patiently for the Lord : and he in
clined unto me, and heard my calling.

2 He brought me alfo out of the horrible
pit, out of the mire and clay : and fet my feet
upon the rock, and ordered my goings.

3 And he hath put a new fong in my
mouth : even a thankfgiving unto our God.

4 Many fliall fee it, and fear : and ftiall put
their truft in the Lord.

5 Blefled is the man that hath fet his hope
in the Lord : and turned not unto the proud,
and to fuch as go about with lies.

6 O Lord my God, great are the won
drous works which thou haft done, like as be
alfo thy thoughts which are to us- ward : and
yet there is no man that ordereth them unto
thee.

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7 If I fliould declare them, and fpeak of
them : they fhould be more than I am able
to exprefs.

8 Sacrifice, and meat-offering, thou would-
eft not : but mine ears haft thou opened.

9 Burnt-offerings, and facrifice for fin,
haft thou not required : then faid I, Lo, I
come,

10 In the volume of the book it is written
of me,, that I fhould fulfil thy will, O my
God : I am content to do it ; yea, thy law is
within my heart.

Ill have declared thy righteoufnefs in the
great congregation : lo, I will not refrain my
lips, O Lord, and that thou knoweft.

12 I have not hid thy righteoufnefs within
my heart : my talk hath been of thy truth, and
of thy falvation.

131 have not kept back thy loving mercy
and truth : from the great congregation.

14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from
me, O Lord : let thy loving-kindnefs and thy
truth alway preferve me.

15 For innumerable troubles are come
about me ; my fins have taken fuch hold upon
me that I am not able to look up : yea, they
are more in number than the hairs of my
head, and my heart hath failed me.

16 O Lord, let it be thy pleafure to deli
ver me : make hafte, O Lord, to help me.

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17 Let them be afhamed, and confounded
together, that feek after my foul to deftroy it :
let them be driven backward, and put to re
buke, that wifti me evil.

18 Let them be defolate, and rewarded
with fhame : that fay unto me, Fie upon thee,
fie upon thee.

19 Let all thofe that feek thee be joyful
and glad in thee : and let fuch as love thy
falvation fay alway, The Lord be praifed.

20 As for me, I am poor and needy : but
the Lord careth for me.

21 Thou art my helper and redeemer :
make no long tarrying, O my God.

Draper.

PSALM 41. Beatus qui intelligit.

BLESSED is he that confidereth the poor
and needy : the Lord ihall deliver him in
the time of trouble.

2 The Lord preferve him, and keep him
alive, that he may be bleffed upon earth : and
deliver not thou him into the will of his ene
mies.

3 The Lord comfort him, when he lieth
lick upon his bed : make thou all his bed in
his ficknefs.

4 I faid, Lord, be merciful unto me : heal
my foul, for I have finned againft thee.

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5 Mine enemies fpeak evil of me : When
fhall he die, and his name perifh? «ra

6 And if he come to fee me, he fpeaketh
vanity : and his heart conceiveth falfehood
within himfelf, and when he cometh forth he
telleth it.

7 All mine enemies whifper together a-
gainft me : even againft me do they imagine
this evil.

8 Let the fentence of guiltinefs proceed
againft him : and now that he lieth, let him
rife up no more.

9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend,
whom I trufted : who did alfo eat of my bread,
hath laid great wait for me.

10 But be thou merciful unto me, O Lord :
raife thou me up again, and I fliall reward
them.

1 1 By this I know thou favoureft me : that
mine enemy doth not triumph againft me.

12 And when I am in my health, thou up-
holdeft me : and (halt fet me before thy face
for ever.

13 Blefled be the Lord God of Ifrael :
world without end. Amen.

PSALM 42. Quemadmodum.

LIKE as the hart defireth the water-
brooks : fo longeth my foul after thee, O
God.

2 My foul is athirft for God, yea, even for

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the living God : when ihall I come to appear
before the prefence of God ?

3 My tears have been my meat day and
night : while they daily fay unto me, Where
is now thy God ?

4 Now when I think thereupon, I pour out
my heart by myfelf : for I went with the mul
titude, and brought them forth into the houfe
of God ;

5 In the voice of praife and thankfgiving :
among fvich as keep holy-day.

6 Why art thou fo full of heavinefs, O my
foul : and why art thou fo difquieted within
me?

7 Put thy truft in God : for I will yet give
him thanks for the help of his countenance.

8 My God, my foul is vexed within me :
therefore will I remember thee concerning the
land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon.

9 One deep calleth another, becaufe of the
noife of the water-pipes : all thy waves and
ftorms are gone over me.

10 The Lord hath granted his loving-
kindnefs in the day-time : and in the night-
feafon did I fing of him, and made my prayer
unto the God of my life.

Ill will fay unto the God of my ftrength,
Why haft thou forgotten me : why go I thus
heavily, while the enemy oppreffeth me ?

12 My bones are fmitten afunder as with

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a fword : while mine enemies that trouble me
caft me in the teeth ;

13 Namely, while they fay daily unto me :
Where is now thy God ?

14 Why art thou fo vexed, O my foul :
and why art thou fo difquieted within me ?

15 O put thy truft in God : for I will yet
thank him, which is the help of my counte
nance, and my God.

PSALM 43. Judica me, Dens.

GIVE fentence with me, O God, and de
fend my caufe againft the ungodly peo
ple ; O deliver me from the deceitful and
wicked man.

2 For thou art the God of my ftrength,
why haft thou put me from thee : and why
go I fo heavily, while the enemy opprefl-
eth me ?

3 O fend out thy light and thy truth, that
they may lead me : and bring me unto thy
holy hill, and to thy dwelling.

4 And that I may go unto the altar of God,
even unto the God of my joy and gladnefs :
and upon the harp will I give thanks unto
thee, O God, my God.

5 Why art thou fo heavy, O my foul : and
why art thou fo difquieted within me ?

6 O put thy truft in God : for I will yet
give him thanks, which is the help of my
countenance, and my God.

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Corning Draper.

PSALM 44. Deus, auribus.

WE have heard with our ears, O God, our
fathers have told us : what thou haft
done in their time of old ;

2 How thou haft driven out the heathen
with thy hand, and planted them in : how thou
haft deftroyed the nations, and caft them out.

3 For they gat not the land in pofleffion
through their own fword : neither was it their
own arm that helped them ;

4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and
the light of thy countenance : becaufe thou
hadft a favour unto them.

5 Thou art my King, O God : fend help
unto Jacob.

6 Through thee will we overthrow our
enemies : and in thy Name will we tread them
under, that rife up againft us.

7 For I will not truft in my bow : it is not
my fword that fliall help me ;

8 But it is thou that faveft us from our
enemies : and putteft them to confufion that
hate us.

9 We make our boaft of God all day long :
and will praife thy Name for ever.

10 But now thou art far off, and putteft us
to confufion : and goeft not forth with our ar
mies.

THE, PSALMS. Day 9.

1 1 Thou makeft us to turn our backs upon
our enemies : fo that they which hate us fpoil
our goods.

12 Thou letteft us be eaten up like
(heep : and haft fcattered us among the hea
then.

13 Thou felleft thy people for nought : and
takeft no money for them.

14 Thou makeft us to be rebuked of our
neighbours : to be laughed to fcorn, and had
in derifion of them that are round about us.

15 Thou makeft us to be a by- word among
the heathen : and that the people ftiake their
heads at us.

16 My confufioii is daily before me : and
the fhame of my face hath covered me ;

17 For the voice of the flanderer and blaf-
phemer : for the enemy and avenger.

18 And though all this be come upon us,
yet do we not forget thee : nor behave our-
felves frowardly in thy covenant.

19 Our heart is not turned back : neither
our fteps gone out of thy way ;

20 No, not when thou haft fmitten us into
the place of dragons : and covered us with
the fliadow of death.

21 If we have forgotten the Name of our
God, and holden up our hands to any ftrange
god : ftiall not God fearch it out ? for he know-
eth the very fecrets of the heart.

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22 For thy fake alfo are we killed all the
day long : and are counted as fheep appointed
to be flain.

23 Up, Lord, why fleepeft thou : awake,
and be not abfent from us for ever.

24 Wherefore hideft thou thy face : and
forgetteft our mifery and trouble ?

25 For our foul is brought IQW, even unto
the dull : our belly cleaveth unto the ground.

26 Arife, and help us : and deliver us for
thy mercy's fake.

PSALM 45. EruStamt cor meum.

MY heart is inditing of a good matter : I
fpeak of the things which I have made
unto the King.

2 My tongue is the pen : of a ready
writer.

3 Thou art fairer than the children of men :
full of grace are thy lips, becaufe God hath
blefled thee for ever.

4 Gird thee with thy fword upon thy thigh,
O thou moft Mighty : according to thy wor-
fhip and renown.

5 Good luck have thou -with thine honour :
ride on, becaufe of the word . of truth, of
meeknefs, and righteoufnefs ; and thy right
hand ihall teach thee terrible things.

6 Thy arrows are very fharp, and the peo
ple ihall be fubdued unto thee : even in the
midft among the King's enemies.

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7 Thy feat, O God, endureth for ever : the
fceptre of thy kingdom is a right fceptre.

8 Thou haft loved righteoufnefs, and hated
iniquity : wherefore God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladnefs above
thy fellows.

9 All thy garments fmell of myrrh, aloes,
and caffia : out of the ivory palaces, whereby
they have made thee glad.

10 Kings' daughters were among thy ho
nourable women : upon thy right hand did
Hand the queen in a vefture of gold, wrought
about with divers colours.

1 1 Hearken, O daughter, and confider, in
cline thine ear : forget alfo thine own people,
and thy father's houfe.

12 So ihall the King have pleafure in thy
beauty : for he is thy Lord God, and worfhip
thou him.

13 And the daughter of Tyre (hall be there
with a gift : like as the rich alfo among the
people fhall make their fupplication before
thee.

14 The King's daughter is all glorious
within : her clothing is of wrought gold.

15 She Ihall be brought unto the King in
raiment of needle- work : the virgins that be
her fellows fhall bear her company, and fhall
be brought unto thee.

16 with joy and gladnefs fhall they be

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brought : and (hall enter into the King's pa
lace.

17 Inftead of thy fathers thou (halt have
children : whom thou mayeft make princes in
all lands.

18 I will remember thy Name from one
generation to another : therefore fhall the
people give thanks unto thee, world without

! end.

PSALM 46. Deus nojler refugium.

GOD is our hope and ftrength : a very
prefent help in trouble.

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the
earth be moved : and though the hills be car
ried into the midft of the fea.

3 Though the waters thereof rage and
fwell : and though the mountains fhake at the

j tempeft of the feme.

4 The rivers of the flood thereof ftiall make
; glad the city of God : the holy place of the

tabernacle of the moft Higheft.

5 God is in the midft of her, therefore
ftiall Ihe not be removed : God (hall help her,
and that right early.

6 The heathen make much ado, and the
kingdoms are moved : but God hath (hewed
his voice, and the earth ftiall melt away.

7 The Lord of hofts is with us : the God
of Jacob is our refuge.

8 O come hither, and behold the works of

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the Lord : what deftrudtion he hath brought
upon the earth.

9 He maketh wars to ceafe in all the
world : he breaketh the bow, and knappeth
the fpear in funder, and burneth the chariots
in the fire.

10 Be ftill then, and know that I am God :
I will be exalted among the heathen, and I
will be exalted in the earth.

1 1 The Lord of holts is with us : the God
of Jacob is our refuge.

Draper.

Ps A L M 47 • Omnes gentes, plaudite.

OClap your hands together, all ye people : I
O fing unto God with a voice of me
lody.

2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared : i
he is the great King upon all the earth.

3 He fhall fubdue the people under us:ji
and the nations under our feet.

4 He fhall choofe out an heritage for us :i;
even the worlhip of Jacob, whom he loved.

5 God is gone up with a merry noife : and
the Lord with the found of the trump.

6 O fing praifes, fing praifes unto our God m
O fing praifes, fing praifes unto our King.

7 For God is the King of all the earth : |
fing ye praifes with underftanding.

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8 God reigneth over the heathen : God
fitteth upon his holy feat.

9 The princes of the people are joined
unto the people of the God of Abraham : for
God, which is veiy high exalted, doth defend
the earth, as it were with a fhield.

PSALM 48. Magnus Dominus.

GREAT is the Lord, and highly to be
praifed : in the city of our God, even up-
)n his holy hill.

2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the
oy of the whole earth : upon the north-fide
ieth the city of the great King; God is well
oiown in her palaces as a fure refuge.

3 For lo, the kings of the earth : are ga-
hered, and gone by together.

4 They marvelled to fee fuch things : they
rere aftonifhed, and fuddenly caft down.

5 Fear came there upon them, and for-
ow : as upon a woman in her travail.

6 Thou (halt break the (hips of the fea
trough the eaft-wind.

7 Like as we have heard, fo have we feen
i the city of the Lord of hofts, in the city of
ur God : God upholdeth the fame for ever.

8 We wait for thy loving-kindnefs, O God :
i the midft of thy temple.

9 O God, according to thy Name, fo is thy
raife unto the world's end : thy right hand

full of righteoufnefs.

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10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the
daughter of Judah be glad : becaufe of th
judgements.

1 1 Walk about Sion, and go round abou
her : and tell the towers thereof.

12 Mark well her bulwarks, fet up he
houfes : that ye may tell them that com<
after.

13 For this God is our God for ever anc
ever : he lhall be our guide unto death.

PSALM 49. Audits htec, omnes.

OHear ye this, all ye people : ponder i
with your ears, all ye that dwell in the!
world ;

2 High and low, rich and poor : one with!
another.

3 My mouth fhall fpeak of wifdom : and mjjj
heart (hall mufe of underftanding. \

4 I will incline mine ear to the parable f!
and fliew my dark fpeech upon the harp. o

5 Wherefore fliould I fear in the days ol
wickednefs : and when the wickednefs of mill
heels compaffeth me round about ?

6 There be fome that put their truft \i\
their goods : and boaft themfelves in the mul a
titude of their riches.

7 But no man may deliver his brother Hi
nor make agreement unto God for him ; \

8 For it coft more to redeem their fouls!
fo that he muft let that alone for ever ;

IDay 9.

THE PSALMS.

9 Yea, though he live long : and fee not
the grave.

10 For he feeth that wife men alfo die,
and perifh together : as well as the ignorant
and foolifh, and leave their riches for other.

11 And yet they think that their houfes
ihall continue for ever : and that their dwell
ing-places Ihall endure from one generation
to another; and call the lands after their own
hames.

12 Neverthelefs, man will not abide in ho
nour : feeing he may be compared unto the
peafts that perifti ; this is the way of them.

13 This is their fooliflmefs : and their pof-
icerity praife their faying.

14 They lie in the hell like fheep, death
gnaweth upon them, and the righteous fliall
iave domination over them in the morning :
dieir beauty fhall confume in the fepulchre
but of their dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered my foul from
pie place of hell : for he fhall receive me.

16 Be not thou afraid, though one be
nade rich : or if the glory of his houfe be in-
.tireafed ;

17 For he fliall carry nothing away with
him when he dieth : neither (hall his pomp
follow him.

18 For while he lived, he counted him-
felf an -happy man : and fo long as thou

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doeft well unto thyfelf, men will fpeak good
of thee.

19 He fhall follow the generation of his
fathers : and fhall never fee light.

20 Man being in honour hath no under-
Handing : but is compared unto the beafts
that periih.

Draper. ,

PSALM 50. Deus deorum.

THE Lord, even the moft mighty God,
hath fpoken : and called the world, from
the rifing up of the fun, unto the going down
thereof.

2 Out of Sion hath God appeared : in per-
fe6l beauty.

3 Our God fhall come, and fhall not keep
filence : there fhall go before him a confum-
ing fire, and a mighty tempefl fhall be ftirred
up round about him.

4 He fhall call the heaven from above :
and the earth, that he may judge his people.

5 Gather my faints together unto me : thofe
that have made a covenant with me with fa-
crifice.

6 And the heaven fhall declare his righte-
oufnefs : for God is Judge himfelf.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will fpeak : I
myfelf will teftify againft thee, O Ifrael ; for
I am God, even thy God. .•

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8 I will not reprove thee becaufe of thy
facrifices, or for thy burnt-offerings : becaufe
they were not alway before me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thine houfe :
nor he-goat out of thy folds.

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10 For all the beafts of the foreft are
mine : and fo are the cattle upon a thoufand
hills.

Ill know all the fowls upon the moun
tains : and the wild beafts of the field are in
my fight.

12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee :
for the whole world is mine, and all that is
therein.

13 Thinkeft thou that I will eat bulls' flefh :
and drink the blood of goats ?

14 Offer unto God thankfgiving : and pay
thy vows unto the moft Higheft.

15 And call upon me in the time of trou
ble : fo will I hear thee, and thou flialt praife
me.

16 But unto the ungodly faid God : Why
doft thou preach my laws, and takeft my co
venant in thy mouth ;

17 Whereas thou hateft to be reformed :
and haft caft my words behind thee ?

18 When thou faweft a thief, thou con-
fentedft unto him : and haft been partaker
with the adulterers.

19 Thou haft let thy mouth fpeak wicked*

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nefs : and with thy tongue thou haft fet forth
deceit.

20 Thou fateft, and fpakeft againft thy
brother : yea, and haft flandered thine own
mother's fon.

21 Thefe things haft thou done, and I held
my tongue, and thou thoughteft wickedly,
that I am even fuch a one as thyfelf : but I
will reprove thee, and fet before thee the
things that thou haft done.

22 O confider this, ye that forget God:
left I pluck you away, and there be none to
deliver you.

23 Whofo offereth me thanks and praife,
he honoureth me : and to him that ordereth
his converfation right will I fliew the falvation
of God.

PSALM 51. Miferere mei> Deus.

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy
great goodnefs : according to the mul
titude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

2 Wafti me throughly from my wicked-
nefs : and cleanfe me from my fin.

3 For I acknowledge my faults : and my
fin is ever before me.

4 Againft thee only have I finned, and
done this evil in thy fight : that thou mighteft
be juftified in thy faying, and clear when thou
art judged.

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5 Behold, I was fliapen in wickednefs : and
in fin hath my mother conceived me.

6 But lo, thou requireft truth in the in
ward parts : and lhalt make me to underftand
wifdom fecretly.

7 Thou (halt purge me with hyffop, and I
ftiall be clean : thou lhalt wafh me, and I (hall
be whiter than fnow.

8 Thou fhalt make me hear of joy and glad-
nefs : that the bones which thou haft broken
may rejoice.

9 Turn thy face from my fins : and put out
all my mifdeeds.

10 Make me a clean heart, O God : and
renew a right fpirit within me.

1 1 Caft me not away from thy prefence :
and take not thy holy Spirit from me.

12 O give me the comfort of thy help
again : and ftablifli me with thy free Spirit.

13 Then fhall I teach thy ways unto the
wicked : and finners fhall be converted unto
thee.

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltinefs, O
God, thou that art the God of my health : and
my tongue (hall fing of thy righteoufnefs.

15 Thou fhalt open my lips, O Lord : and
my mouth fhall fhew thy praife.

16 For thou defireft no facrifice, elfe would
I give it thee : but thou delighteft not in burnt-
offerings.

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17 The facrifice of God is a troubled fpirit :
a broken and contrite heart, O God, ftialt thou
not defjpife.

18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion :
build thou the walls of Jerufalem.

19 Then fhalt thou be pleafed with the fa
crifice of righteoufnefs, with the burnt-offer
ings and oblations : then fhall they offer young
bullocks upon thine altar.

PSALM 52. Quid gloriaris ?

WHY boafteft thou thyfelf, thou tyrant :
that thou canft do mifchief ;

2 Whereas the goodnefs of God : endureth
yet daily ?

3 Thy tongue imagineth wickednefs : and
with lies thou cutteft like a ftiarp razor.

4 Thou haft loved unrighteoufnefs more
than goodnefs : and to talk of lies more than
righteoufnefs.

5 Thou haft loved to fpeak all words that
may do hurt : O thou falfe tongue.

6 Therefore fhall God deftroy thee for ever :
he fliall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy
dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the
living.

7 The righteous alfo fliall fee this, and fear :
and fliall laugh him to fcorn ;

8 Lo, this is the man that took not God
for his ftrength : but trufted unto the multi-

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tude of his riches, and ftrengthened himfelf in
his wickednefs.

9 As for me, I am like a green olive-tree
in the houfe of God : my truft is in the tender
mercy of God for ever and ever.

101 will always give thanks unto thee for
that thou haft done : and I will hope in thy
Name, for thy faints like it well.

Draper, y * Im

PSALM 53. Diant injlpiens.

THE foolilh body hath faid in his heart :
There is no God.

2 Corrupt are they, and become abomina
ble in their wickednefs : there is none that
doeth good.

3 God looked down from heaven upon the
children of men : to fee if there were any,
that would underftand, and feek after God.

4 But they are all gone out of the way, they
are altogether become abominable : there is
alfo none that doeth good, no not one.

5 Are not they without underftanding that
work wickednefs : eating up my people as if
they would eat bread? they have not called
upon God.

6 They were afraid where no fear was :
for God hath broken the bones of him that
befieged thee ; thou haft put them to confu-
fion, becaufe God hath defpifed them.

THE PSALMS. Day 10,

7 Oh, that the falvation were given unto
Ifrael out of Sion : Oh, that the Lord would
deliver his people out of captivity !

8 Then fliould Jacob rejoice : and Ifrael
ihould be right glad.

PSALM 54. Deus, in nomine.

SAVE me, O God, for thy Name's fake :
and avenge me in thy ftrength.

2 Hear my prayer, O God : and hearken
unto the words of my mouth.

3 For ftrangers are rifen up againft me :
and tyrants, which have not God before their
eyes, feek after my foul.

4 Behold, God is my helper : the Lord is
with them that uphold my foul.

5 He fhall reward evil unto mine enemies :
deftroy thou them in thy truth.

6 An offering of a free heart will I give
thee, and praife thy Name, O Lord : becaufe
it is fo comfortable.

7 For he hath delivered me out of all my
trouble : and mine eye hath feen his defire
upon mine enemies.

PSALM 55. Etfaudi Deus.

HEAR my prayer, O God : and hide not
thyfelf from my petition.

2 Take heed unto me, and hear me : how
I mourn in my prayer, and am vexed.

3 The enemy crieth fo, and the ungodly
cometh on fo fail : for they are minded to do

Day 10. THE PSALMS.

me fome mifchief; fo malicioufly are they fet
againft me.

4 My heart is difquieted within me : and
the fear of death is fallen upon me.

5 Fearfulnefs and trembling are come up
on me : and an horrible dread hatU over
whelmed me.

6 And I faid, O that I had wings like a dove :
for then would I flee away, and be at reft.

7 Lo, then would I get me away far off :
and remain in the wildernefs.

8 I would make hafte to efcape : becaufe
of the ftormy wind and tempeft.

9 Deftroy their tongues, O Lord, and di
vide them : for I have fpied unrighteoufnefs
and ftrife in the city.

10 Day and night they go about within
the walls thereof: mifchief alfo and forrow are
in the midft of it.

1 1 Wickednefs is therein : deceit and guile
go not out of their ftreets.

12 For it is not an open enemy, that hath
done me this diflionour : for then I could
have borne it.

13 Neither was it mine adverfary, that
did magnify himfelf againft me : for then
peradventure I would have hid myfelf from
him.

14 But it was even thou, my companion :
my guide, and mine own familiar friend.

THE PSALMS. Day 10.

15 We took fweet counfel together : and
walked in the houfe of God as friends.

16 Let death come haftily upon them, and
let them go down quick into hell : for wick-
ednefs is in their dwellings, and among them.

17 As for me, I will call upon God : and
the Lord fhall fave me.

18 In the evening, and morning, and at
noon-day will I pray, and that inftantly : and
he fhall hear my voice.

19 It is he that hath delivered my foul in
peace from the battle that was againft me :
for there were many with me.

20 Yea, even God, that endureth for ever,
fhall hear me, and bring them down : for they
will not turn, nor fear God.

21 He laid his hands upon fuch as be at
peace with him : and he brake his covenant.

22 The words of his mouth were fofter
than butter, having war in his heart : his
words were fmoother than oil, and yet be
they very fwords.

23 O caft thy burden upon the Lord, and
he fhall nourifh thee ; and fhall not fuffer the
righteous to fall for ever,

24 And as for them : thou, O God, fhalt
bring them into the pit of definition.

25 The blood-thirfty and deceitful men
fhall not live out half th£ir days : neverthe-
lefs, my truft fhall be in thee, O Lord.

Day II. THE PSALMS.

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PSALM 56. Miferere mei, Deus.

BE merciful unto me, O God, for man go-
eth about to devour me : he is daily fight
ing, and troubling me.

2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to fwal-
low me up : for they be many that fight againft
me, O thou moft Higheft.

3 Neverthelefs, though I am fometime a-
fraid : yet put I my truft in thee.

4 I will praife God, becaufe of his word :
L I have put my truft in God, and will not fear
\ what flefh can do unto me.

5 They daily miftake my words : all that

I' they imagine is to do me evil.
6 They hold all together, and keep them-
felves clofe : and mark my fteps, when they
lay wait for my foul.

7 Shall they efcape for their wickednefs :
1 thou, O God, in thy difpleafure flialt caft them
I down.

8 Thou telleft my Sittings ; put my tears
into thy bottle : are not thefe things noted in
thy book ?

9 Whenfoever I call upon thee, then lhall
mine enemies be put to flight : this I know ;
for God is on my fide.

10 In God's word will I rejoice : in the
Lord's word will I comfort me.

THE PSALMS. Day 11.

1 1 Yea, in God have I put my truft : I will
not be afraid what man can do unto me.

12 Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows :
unto thee will I give thanks.

13 For thou haft delivered my foul from |
death, and my feet from falling : that I may
walk before God in the light of the living.

PSALM 57- Miferere mei, Deus.

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful
unto me, for my foul trufteth in thee : |
and under the fliadow of thy wings lhall be
my refuge, until this tyranny be over-pad.

2 I will call unto the moft high God : even
unto the God that fhall perform the caufe
which I have in hand.

3 He ftiall fend from heaven : and fave me
from the reproof of him that would eat me up.

4 God Ihall fend forth his mercy and truth : I
my foul is among lions.

5 And I lie even among the children of
men, that are fet on fire : whofe teeth are
fpears and arrows, and their tongue a fharp
fword.

6 Set up thyfelf, O God, above the hea
vens : and thy glory above all the earth.

7 They have laid a net for my feet, and)
preffed down my foul : they have digged al
pit before me, and are fallen into the midft o^
it themfelves.

Day 11. THE PSALMS.

8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is
fixed : I will fing, and give praife.

9 Awake up, my glory ; awake, lute and
harp : I myfelf will awake right early.

10 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
among the people : and I will fing unto thee

i among the nations.

1 1 For the greatnefs of thy mercy reach-
eth unto the heavens : and thy truth unto the
clouds.

12 Set up thyfelf, O God, above the hea
vens : and thy glory above all the earth.

PSALM 5o. Si vere utique.

ARE your minds fet upon righteoufnefs,
O ye congregation : and do ye judge the
thing that is right, O ye fons of men ?
! 2 Yea, ye imagine mifchief in your heart
, upon the earth : and your hands deal with
: wickednefs.

3 The ungodly are froward, even from their
f mother's womb : as foon as they are born, they
j go aftray, and fpeak lies.
) 4 They are as venomous as the poifon of a
ferpent : even like the deaf adder that ftoppeth
. her ears ;

5 Which refufeth to hear the voice of the

1 charmer : charm he never fo wifely.

i 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths;

( finite the jaw-bones of the lions, O Lord : let

them fall away like water that runneth apace;

.

THE PSALMS. Day 11.

and when they ihoot their arrows let them be
rooted out.

7 Let them confume away like a fnail, and
be like the untimely fruit of a woman : and
let them not fee the fun.

8 Or ever your pots be made hot with
thorns : fo let indignation vex him, even as a
thing that is raw.

9 The righteous (hall rejoice when he feeth
the vengeance : he fhall waih his footfteps in
the blood of the ungodly.

10 So that a man fhall fay, Verily there is
a reward for the righteous : doubtlefs there is
a God that judgeth the earth.

Draper.

PSALM 59. Eripe me de inimicis.

DELIVER me from mine enemies, O
God : defend me from them that rife up
againft me.

2 O deliver me from the wicked doers :
and fave me from the blood- thirfty men.

3 For lo, they lie waiting for my foul : the
mighty men are gathered againft me, without
any offence or fault of me, O Lord.

4 They run and prepare themfelves with
out my fault : arife thou therefore to help me,
and behold.

5 Stand up, O Lord God of hofts, thou
Qod of Ifraal, to vifit all the heathen : and be

Day 11. THE PSALMS.

not merciful unto them that offend of mali
cious wickednefs.

6 They go to and fro in the evening : they
grin like a dog, and run about through the
city.

7 Behold, they fpeak with their mouth, and
fwords are in their lips : for who doth hear?

8 But thou, O Lord, (halt have them in
derifion : and thou fhalt laugh all the heathen
to fcom.

9 My ftrength will I afcribe unto thee : for
thou art the God of my refuge.

10 God fheweth me his goodnefs plente-
oufly : and God fliall let me fee my defire up
on mine enemies.

1 1 Slay them not, left my people forget it :
but fcatter them abroad among the people,
and put them down, O Lord, our defence.

12 For the fin of their mouth, and for the
words of their lips, they (hall be taken in their
pride : and why? their preaching is of curfing
and lies.

13 Confume them in thy wrath, confume
them, that they may perifh : and know that it
is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends
of the world.

14 And in the evening they will return :
grin like a dog, and will go about the city.

15 They will run here and there for meat :
and grudge if they be not fatisfied.

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THE PSALMS. Day 11.

16 As for me, I will fing of tliy power, and
will praife thy mercy betimes in the morning :
for thou haft been my defence and refuge in
the day of my trouble.

17 Unto thee, O my ftrength, will I fing :
for thou, O God, art my refuge, and my mer
ciful God.

PSALM 60. Deus, repulifti nos.

OGod, thou haft caft us out, and fcattered
us abroad : thou haft alfo been difpleaf-
ed ; O turn thee unto us again.

2 Thou haft moved the land, and divided
it : heal the fores thereof, for it fliaketh.

3 Thou haft fhewed thy people heavy things:
thou haft given us a drink of deadly wine.

4 Thou haft given a token for fuch as fear
thee : that they may triumph becaufe of the
truth.

5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered :
help me with thy right hand, and hear me.

6 God hath fpoken in his holinefs, I will
rejoice, and divide Sichem : and mete out the
yalley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manafles is mine :
Ephraim alfo is the ftrength of my head ; Ju-
dah is my law-giver ;

8 Moab is my wafli-pot ; over Edom will
I caft out my fhoe : Philiftia, be thou glad
ef me.

Day II. THE PSALMS.

9 Who will lead me into the ftrong city :
who will bring me into Edom ?

10 Haft not thou caft us out, O God : wilt
not thou, O God, go out with our hofts ?

1 1 O be thou our help in trouble : for vain
is the help of man.

12 Through God will we do great a6ts :
for it is he that lhall tread down our enemies.

PSALM 61. Exaudi, Deus.

HEAR my crying, O God : give ear unto
my prayer.

2 From the ends of the earth will I call
upon thee : when my heart is in heavinefs.

3 O fet me up upon the rock that is higher
than I : for thou haft been my hope, and a
ftrong tower for me againft the enemy.

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever :
and my truft fhall be under the covering of
thy wings.

5 For thou, O Lord, haft heard my de-
fires : and haft given an heritage unto thofe
that fear thy Name.

6 Thou Ihalt grant the King a long life :
that his years may endure throughout all ge
nerations.

7 He (hall dwell before God for ever : O
prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulnefs,
that they may preferve him.

8 So will I alway fing praife unto thy
Name : that I may daily perform my vows.

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THE PSALMS. Day 12.

Rowing Draper.

PSALM 62. NonneDeo?

MY foul truly waiteth ftill upon God : for
of him cometh my falvation.

2 He verily is my ftrength and my falva
tion : he is my defence, fo that I Ihall not
greatly fall.

3 How long will ye imagine mifchief a-
gainft every man : ye fhall be flain all the fort
of you ; yea, as a tottering wall fhall ye be,
and like a broken hedge.

4 Their device is only how to put him out
whom God will exalt : their delight is in lies;
they give good words with their mouth, but
curfe with their heart.

5 Neverthelefs, my foul, wait thou ftill up
on God : for my hope is in him.

6 He truly is my ftrength and my falva
tion : he is my defence, fo that I fhall not fall.

7 In God is my health, and my glory : the
rock of my might, and in God is my truft.

8 O put your truft in him alway, ye people :
pour out your hearts before him, for God is
our hope.

9 As for the children of men, they are but
vanity : the children of men are deceitful up
on the weights, they are altogether lighter
than vanity itfelf.

10 O truft not in wrong and robbery, give

Day 12. THE PSALMS.

not yourfelves unto vanity : if riches increafe,
fet not your heart upon them.

1 1 God fpake once, and twice I have alfo
heard the fame : that power belongeth unto
God;

12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful : for
thou rewardeft every man according to his
work.

PSALM 63. Deus, Dens metis.

OGod, thou art my God : early will I feek
thee.

2 My foul thirfteth for thee, my flelh alfo
longeth after thee : in a barren and dry land
where no water is.

3 Thus have I looked for thee in holinefs :
that I might behold thy power and glory.

4 For thy loving-kindnefs is better than
the life itfelf : my lips (hall praife thee.

5 As long as I live will I magnify thee on
this manner : and lift up my hands in thy
Name.

6 My foul (hall be fatisfied, even as it were
with marrow and fatnefs : when my mouth
praifeth thee with joyful lips.

7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed :
and thought upon thee when I was waking ?

8 Becaufe thou haft been my helper :
therefore under the (hadow of thy wings will
I rejoice.

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THE PSALMS. Day 12.

9 My foul hangeth upon thee : thy right
hand hath upholden me.

10 Thefe alfo that feek the hurt of my
foul : they Ihall go under the earth.

11 Let them fall upon the edge of the
fword : that they may be a portion for foxes.

12 But the King fliall rejoice in God; all
they alfo that fwear by him Ihall be com
mended : for the mouth of them that fpeak
lies fhall be flopped.

PSALM 64. Ecvaudi, Deus.

HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer :
preferve my life from fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the gathering together oi
the froward : and from the infurre6lion oi
wicked doers ;

3 Who have whet their tongue like a fword :
and flioot out their arrows, even bitter words ;

4 That they may privily Ihoot at him that
is perfect : fuddenly do they hit him, and fear
not.

5 They encourage themfelves inmifchief:
and commune among themfelves how they
may lay fnares, and fay, that no man fhall fee
them.

6 They imagine wickednefs, and pradtife
it : that they keep fecret among themfelves,
every man in the deep of his heart.

7 But God fhall fuddenly flioot at them with
a fwift arrow : that they fhall be wounded.

Day 12. THE PSALMS.

8 Yea, their own tongues fhall make them
fall : infomuch that whofo feeth them {hall
laugh them to fcorn.

9 And all men that fee it (hall fay, This
hath God done : for they fhall perceive that it
is his work.

10 The righteous (hall rejoice in the Lord,
and put his truft in him : and all they that are
true of heart fhall be glad.

Draper. ^^

PSALM 65. Te decet hiimnus.

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THOU, O God, art praifed in Sion : and
unto thee fhall the vow be performed in
Jerufalem.

2 Thou that heareft the prayer : unto thee
fhall all flefh come.

3 My mifdeeds prevail againft me : O be
thou merciful unto our fins.

4 Bleffed is the man, whom thou choofeft,
and receiveft unto thee : he fhall dwell in thy
court, and fhall be fatisfied with the pleafures
of thy houfe, even of thy holy temple.

5 Thou fhalt fhew us wonderful things in
thy righteoufnefs,OGod of our falvation : thou
that art the hope of all the ends of the earth,
and of them that remain in the broad fea.

6 Who in his ftrength fetteth faft the moun
tains : and is girded about with power.

7 Who fiftieth the raging of the fea : and

THE PSALMS. Day 12.

the noife of his waves, and the madnefs of
the people.

8 They alfo that dwell in the uttermoft
parts of the earth (hall be afraid at thy to
kens : thou that makeft the outgoings of the
morning and evening to praife thee.

9 Thou vifiteft the earth, and blefleft it :
thou makeft it very plenteous.

10 The river of God is full of water : thou
prepareft their corn, for fo thou provideft for
the earth.

1 1 Thou watered her furrows, thou fendeft
rain into the little valleys thereof : thou mak
eft it foft with the drops of rain, and blefleft
the increafe of it.

12 Thou crowneft the year with thy good-
nefs : and thy clouds drop fatnefs.

13 They fhall drop upon the dwellings of
the wildernefs : and the little hills fliall rejoice
on eveiy fide.

14 The folds fliall be full of iheep : the val
leys alfo fhall ftand fo thick with corn, that
they fliall laugh and fing.

PSALM 66. Jubilate Deo.

OBe joyful in God, all ye lands : fing praifes
unto the honour of his Name, make his
praife to be glorious.

2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou
in thy works : through the greatnefs of thy pow
er fliall thine enemies be found liars unto thee.

Day 12. THE PSALMS.

3 For all the world fliall worihip thee : fing
of thee, and praife thy Name.

4 O come hither, and behold the works of
God : how wonderful he is in his doing toward
the children of men.

5 He turned the fea into dry land : fo that
they went through the water on foot ; there
did we rejoice thereof.

6 He ruleth with his power for ever ; his
eyes behold the people : and fuch as will not
believe fhall not be able to exalt themfelves.

7 O praife our God, ye people : and make
the voice of his praife to be heard ;

8 Who holdeth our foul in life : and fuffer-
eth not our feet to flip.

9 For thou, O God, haft proved us : thou
alfo haft tried us, like as filver is tried.

10 Thou broughteft us into the fnare : and
laideft trouble upon our loins.

11 Thou fuflferedft men to ride over our
heads : we went through fire and water, and
thou broughteft us out into a wealthy place.

12 I will go into thine houfe with burnt-
offerings : and will pay thee my vows, which
I promifed with my lips, and fpake with my
mouth, when I was in trouble.

131 will offer unto thee fat burnt-facrifices,
with the incenfe of rams : I will offer bullocks
and goats.

14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that

THE PSALMS. Day 12.

fear God : and I will tell you what he hath
done for my foul.

151 called unto him with my mouth : and
gave him praifes with my tongue.

16 If I incline unto wickednefs with mine
heart : the Lord will not hear me.

17 But God hath heard me : and confider-
ed the voice of my prayer.

18 Praifed be God who hath not caf
out my prayer : nor turned his mercy from
me.

PSALM 67- Deus mifereatur.

GOD be merciful unto us, and blefs us
and {hew us the light of his countenance
and be merciful unto us ;

2 That thy way may be known upon earth
thy faving health among all nations.

3 Let the people praife thee, O God : yea
let all the people praife thee.

4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad
for thou flialt judge the folk righteoufly, and
govern the nations upon earth.

5 Let the people praife thee, O God : le
all the people praife thee.

6 Then fhall the earth bring forth her in
creafe : and God, even our own God, fhal
give us his bleffing.

7 God ftiall blefs us : and all the ends o
the world Ihall fear him.

Day 13. THE PSALMS.

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PSALM 68. Exurgat Deus.

LET God arife, and let his enemies be
fcattered : let them alfo that hate him
flee before him.

2 Like as the fmoke vanifheth, fo fhalt
thou drive them away : and like as wax melt-
eth at the fire, fo let the ungodly perilh at the
prefence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice
before God : let them alfo be merry and joyful.

4 O fing unto God, and fing praifes unto
his Name : magnify him that rideth upon the
heavens, as it were upon an horfe ; praife him
in his Name JAH, and rejoice before him.

5 He is a Father of the fatherlefs, and de-
fendeth the caufe of the widows : even God
in his holy habitation.

6 He is the God that maketh men to be of
one mind in an houfe, and bringeth the pri-

k foners out of captivity : but letteth the runa-

\ gates continue in fcarcenefs.

't 7 O God, when thou wenteft forth before
the people : when thou wenteft through the

\ wildernefs,

^ 8 The earth ihook, and the heavens drop
ped at the prefence of God : even as Sinai alfo

0 was moved at the prfefence of God, who is
the God of Ifrael.

THE PSALMS. Dayl3.\

9 Thou, O God, fenteft a gracious rain up-|
on thine inheritance . and refrelhedft it whenj
it was weary.

10 Thy congregation fliall dwell therein :i
for thou, O God, haft of thy goodnefs pre-i
pared for the poor.

1 1 The Lord gave the word : great was the
company of the preachers.

12 Kings with their armies did flee, and
were difcomfited : and they of the houfhold
divided the fpoil.

13 Though ye have lien among the pots,
yet fiiall ye be as the wings of a dove : that is
covered with filver wings, and her feathers
like gold.

14 When the Almighty fcattered kings for
their fake : then were they as white as fnow inj
Salmon.

15 As the hill of Bafan, fo is God's hill :
even an high hill, as the hill of Bafan.

16 Why hop ye fo, ye high hills? this isi
God's hill, in the which it pleafeth him to]
dwell : yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever, j

17 The chariots of God are twenty thou-
fand, even thoufands of angels : and the Lord
is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai.

18 Thou art gone up on high, thou haftj
led captivity captive, and received gifts forj
men : yea, even for thine enemies, that the!
Lord God might dwell among them.

Day 13. THE PSALMS.

19 Praifed be the Lord daily : even the
God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits
upon us.

20 He is our God, even the God of whom
cometh falvation : God is the Lord, by whom
we efcape death.

21 God fhall wound the head of his ene-
i mies : and the hairy fcalp of fuch a one as

goeth on ftill in his wickednefs.

22 The Lord hath faid, I will bring my
people again, as I did from Bafan : mine own
will I bring again, as I did fometime from the

i deep of the fea.

i 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the

blood of thine enemies : and that the tongue
r of thy dogs may be red through the fame.
i 24 It is well feen, O God, how thou goeft :

how thou, my God and King, goeft in the
. fan&uary.

25 The fingers go before, the minftrels fol-
« low after : in the midft are the damfels play-
0 ing with the timbrels.

26 Give thanks, O Ifrael, unto God the
l§ Lord in the congregations : from the ground
J of the heart.

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler,
j and the princes of Judah their counfel : the
j princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Neph-
,e thali.

28 Thy God hath fent forth ftrength for

THE PSALMS. Day 13.

thee : ftablifti the thing, O God, that them hafl
wrought in us,

29 For thy temple's fake at Jerufalem : fo
(hall kings bring prefents unto thee.

30 When the company of the fpear-men,
and multitude of the mighty are fcattered
abroad among the beafts of the people, fo
that they humbly bring pieces of filver : anc
when he hath fcattered the people that de
light in war ;

31 Then (hall the princes come out of E-
gypt : the Morians' land fliall foon ftretch out
her hands unto God.

32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the
earth : O fing praifes unto the Lord ;

33 Who fitteth in the heavens over all
from the beginning : lo, he doth fend out his
voice, yea, and that a mighty voice.

34 Afcribe ye the power to God overlfrael :
his worfliip, and ftrength is in the clouds.

35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy
places : even the God of Ifrael ; he will give
ftrength and power unto his people ; blefled
be God.

•ibifc Coming Draper. 1:

PSALM 69. Salvum mefac.

SAVE me, O God : for the waters are
come in, even unto my foul.
2 I ftick faft in the deep mire, where no

Way 13. THE PSALMS.

ground is : I am come into deep waters, fo
[itliat the floods run over me.

3 I am weary of crying ; my throat is dry :
my fight faileth me for waiting fo long upon
my God.

4 They that hate me without a caufe are
nore than the hairs of my head : they that
re mine enemies, and would deftroy me

guiltlefs, are mighty.

5 I paid them the things that I never took :
od, thou knoweft my fimplenefs, and1 my

aults are not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that truft in thee, O Lord
jod of hofts, be afhamed for my caufe :

t not thofe that feek thee be confounded
hrough me, O Lord God of Ifrael.

7 And why ? for thy fake have I fuffered
eproof : fhame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a ftranger unto my bre-
hreii : even an alien unto my mother's chil-
Iren.

9 For the zeal of thine houfe hath even
teii me : and the rebukes of them that re-

)uked thee are fallen upon me.

101 wept, and chaftened myfelf with faft-
ng : and that was turned to my reproof.

Ill put on fackcloth alfo : and they jefted
ipon me.

12 They that fit in the gate fpeak againil
ne : and the drunkards make fongs upon me.

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13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto
thee : in an acceptable time.

14 Hear me, O God, in the multitude of
thy mercy : even in the truth of thy fal-
vation.

15 Take me out of the mire, that I link
not : O let me be delivered from them that
Imte me, and out of the deep waters.

16 Let not the water-flood drown me, nei
ther let the deep fwallow me up : and let not i
the pit (hut her mouth upon me.

17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving-kind-
nefs is comfortable : turn thee unto me ac
cording to the multitude of thy mercies.

18 And hide not thy face from thy fer-
vant, for I am in trouble : O hafte thee, and j
hear me.

19 Draw nigh unto my foul, and fave it :
O deliver me, becaufe of mine enemies.

20 Thou haft known my reproof, my lhame, j
and my difhonour : mine adverfaries are all in
thy fight.

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I |i
am full of heavinefs : I looked for fome to >
have pity on me, but there was no man, nei- 1
ther found I any to comfort me.

22 They gave me gall to eat : and when I
was thirfty they gave me vinegar to drink.

23 Let their table be made a fhare to take <
themfelves withal : and let the things that j<

Day 13. THE PSALMS.

fhould have been for their wealth be unto
them an occafion of falling.

24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they fee
not : and ever bow thou down their backs.

U°5 Pour out thine indignation upon them :
let thy wrathful difpleafure take hold of
i them.

26 Let their habitation be void : and no
man to dwell in their tents.

27 For they perfecute him whom thou haft
(mitten : and they talk how they may vex
them whom thou haft wounded.

28 Let them fall from one wickednefs to
another : and not come into thy righteoufnefs.

29 Let them be wiped out of the book of
the living : and not be written among the
righteous.

30 As for me, when I am poor and in hea-
ivinefs : thy help, O God, (hall lift me up.

311 will praife the Name of God with a
(bug : and magnify it with thankfgiving.

32 This alfo fhall pleafe the Lord : better
than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

33 The humble lhall confider this, and be
glad : feek ye after God, and your foul fliall
live.

34 For the Lord heareth the poor : and
defpifeth not his prifoners.

35 Let heaven and earth praife him : the
fea, and all that moveth therein.

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36 For God will fave Sion, and build the
cities of Judah : that men may dwell there,
and have it in pofleffion.

37 The pofterity alfo of his fervants fhall
inherit it : and they that love his Name fhall
dwell therein.

PSALM 70. Deus in adjutorium.

HASTE thee, O God, to deliver me :
make hafte to help me, O Lord.

2 Let them be afhamed and confounded
that feek after my foul : let them be turned
backward and put to confufion that wifh me
evil.

3 Let them for their reward be foon brought*
to fhame : that cry over me, There, there.

4 But let all thofe that feek thee be joyful
and glad in thee : and let all fuch as delight
in thy falvation fay alway, The Lord be
praifed.

5 As for me, I am poor and in mifery:
hafte thee unto me, O God.

6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer :
O Lord, make no long tarrying.

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PSALM 71- In te, Domine,fperavi.
N thee, O Lord, have I put my truft, let
me never be put to confufion : but rid me,
and deliver me, in thy righteoufnefs ; incline |
thine ear unto me, and fave me.

DayU. THE PSALMS.

2 Be thou my ftrong hold, whereunto I
may alway refort : thou haft promifed to help
me, for thou art my houfe of defence, and my
caftle.

3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand
of the ungodly : out of the hand of the un
righteous and cruel man.

4 For thou, O Lord God, art the thing
that I long for : thou art my hope, even from
my youth.

5 Through thee have I been holden up
ever fince I was bom : thou art he that took
me out of my mother's womb ; my praife (hall
be always of thee.

6 I am become as it were a monfter unto
many : but my fure truft is in thee.

7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praife :
that I may fing of thy glory and honour all
the day long.

8 Caft me not away in the time of age :
forfake me not when my ftrength faileth me.

9 For mine enemies fpeak againft me, and
they that lay wait for my foul take their coun-
fel together, faying : God hath forfaken him ;
perfecute him, and take him, for there is none
to deliver him.

10 Go not far from me, O God : my God,
hafte thee to help me.

11 Let them be confounded and perifh
that are againft my foul : let them be covered

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with fliame and dilhonour that feek to do me
evil.

12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway :
and will praife thee more and more.

13 My mouth fhall daily fpeak of thy
righteoufnefs and falvation : for I know no
end thereof.

14 I will go forth in the ftrength of the
Lord God : and will make mention of thy
righteoufnefs only.

15 Thou, O God, haft taught me from my
youth up until now : therefore will I tell of!
thy wondrous works.

16 Forfake me not, O God, in mine old
age, when I am gray-headed : until I have
Ihewed thy ftrength unto this generation, and
thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

17 Thy righteoufnefs, O God, is very high :
and great things are they that thou haft done;
O God, who is like unto thee ?

18 O what great troubles and adverfities
haft thou fhewed me ! and yet didft thou turn
and refrefh me : yea, and broughteft me from
the deep of the earth again.

19 Thou haft brought me to great honour :
and comforted me on every iide.

20 Therefore will I praife thee and thy
faithfulnefs, O God, playing upon an inftru-
ment of mufick : unto thee will I fing upon
the harp, O thou Holy One of Ifrael.

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21 My lips will be fain when I fing unto
thee : and fo will my foul whom thou haft
delivered.

22 My tongue alfo Ihall talk of thy righte-
oufnefs all the day long : for they are con
founded and brought unto fliame that feek to
do me evil.

PSALM 72. Deus> judicium.

GIVE the King thy judgements, O God :
and thy righteoufnefs unto the King's fon.

2 Then fhall he judge thy people accord
ing unto right : and defend the poor.

3 The mountains alfo Ihall bring peace :
and the little hills righteoufnefs unto the
people.

4 He fhall keep the fimple folk by their
right : defend the children of the poor, and
punifh the wrong doer.

5 They Ihall fear thee, as long as the fun
and moon endureth : from one generation to
another.

6 He fhall come down like the rain into a
fleece of wool : even as the drops that water
the earth.

7 In his time fliall the righteous flourifh :
yea, and abundance of peace, fo long as the
moon endureth.

8 His dominion fhall be alfo from the one
fea to the other : and from the flood unto the
world's end.

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9 They that dwell in the wildernefs fhalljl
kneel before him : his enemies fliall lick the!
duft.

10 The kings of Tharfis and of the iflesl
fhall give prefects : the kings of Arabia and)
Saba fhall bring gifts.

1 1 All kings fliall fall down before him :
all nations fliall do him fervice.

12 For he fliall deliver the poor when he]
crieth : the needy alfo, and him that hath noj
helper.

13 He fhall be favourable to the fimple
and needy : and fliall preferve the fouls o\
the poor.

14 He fliall deliver their fouls from falfe-
hood and wrong : and dear fliall their blood
be in his fight.

15 He fliall live, and unto him fliall be
given of the gold of Arabia : prayer fliall
be made ever unto him, and daily fliall he
be praifed.

16 There fliall be an heap of corn in the
earth, high upon the hills : his fruit fhall (hake
like Libanus, and fliall be green in the city
like grafs upon the earth.

17 His Name fliall endure for ever; his
Name fliall remain under the fun among the
pofterities : which fliall be bleffed through

; and all the heathen ftiall praife him.

18 Blefled be the Lord God, even the

DayU. THE PSALMS.

God of Ifrael : which only doeth wondrous
things ;

19 And blefled be the Name of his Ma-
jefty for ever : and all the earth (hall be filled
with his Majefty. Amen, Amen.

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PSALM 73. Quam bonus Ifrael!

TRULY God is loving unto Ifrael : even
unto fuch as are of a clean heart.

2 Neverthelefs, my feet were almoft gone :
my treadings had well-nigh flipt.

3 And why? I was grieved at the wicked :
I do alfo fee the ungodly in fuch profperity.

4 For they are in no peril of death : but
are lufty and ftrong.

5 They come in no misfortune like other
folk : neither are they plagued like other
men.

6 And this is the caufe that they are fo
holden with pride : and overwhelmed with
cruelty.

7 Their eyes fwell with fatnefs : and they
do even what they luft.

8 They corrupt other, and fpeak of wicked
blafphemy : their talking is againft the moft
High.

9 For they ftretch forth their mouth unto
the heaven : and their tongue goeth through
the world.

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10 Therefore fall the people unto them :
and thereout fvick they no fmall advantage.

1 1 Tufli, fay they, how Ihould God perceive
it : is there knowledge in the moft High ?

12 Lo, thefe are the ungodly, thefe profper
in the world, and thefe have riches in poflef-
fion : and I faid, Then have I cleanfed my
heart in vain, and wafhed mine hands in in-
nocency.

13 All the day long have I been punifh-
ed : and chaftened every morning.

14 Yea, and I had almoft faid even as
they : but lo, then I fhould have condemned
the generation of thy children.

15 Then thought I to underftand this : but
it was too hard for me,

16 Until I went into the fancftuary of God :
then underftood I the end of thefe men ;

17 Namely, how thou doft fet them in flip-
pery places : and cafteft them down, and de-
itroyeft them.

18 Oh, how fuddenly do they confume :
perifti, and come to a fearful end !

19 Yea, even like as a dream when one
awaketh : fo fhalt thou make their image to
vanifh out of the city.

20 Thus my heart was grieved : and it
went even through my reins.

21 So fooliih was I, and ignorant : even as
it were a beaft before thee.

Day 14. THE PSALMS.

22 Neverthelefs, I am alway by thee : for
thou haft holden me by my right hand.

23 Thou (halt guide me with thy counfel :
and after that receive me with glory.

24 Whom have I in heaven but thee : and
there is none upon earth that I defire in com-
parifon of thee.

25 My flefh and my heart faileth : but God
is the ftrength of my heart, and my portion
for ever.

26 For lo, they that forfake thee fhall pe-
rifti : thou haft deftroyed all them that commit
fornication againft thee.

27 But it is good for me to hold me faft
by God, to put my truft in the Lord God : and
to fpeak of all thy works in the gates of the
daughter of Sion.

PSALM 74. Ut quid, Deus ? ,

OGod, wherefore art thou abfent from us
fo long : why is thy wrath fo hot againft
the (heep of thy pafture ?

2 O think upon thy congregation : whom
thou haft purchafed, and redeemed of old.

3 Think upon the tribe of thine inhe
ritance : and mount Sion, wherein thou haft
dwelt.

4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayeft utterly
deftroy every enemy : which hath done evil in
thy fan6hiary.

5 Thine adverfaries roar in the midft of

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thy congregations : and fet up their banners
for tokens.

6 He that hewed timber afore out of the
thick trees : was known to bring it to an ex
cellent work.

7 But now they break down all the carved
work thereof: with axes and hammers.

8 They have fet fire upon thy holy places :
and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy
Name, even unto the ground.

9 Yea, they faid in their hearts, Let us make
havock of them altogether : thus have they
burnt up all the houfes of God in the land.

10 We fee not our tokens, there is not one
prophet more : no, not one is there among us,
that underftandeth any more.

11O God, how long fhall the adverfary do
this difhonour : how long fhall the enemy blaf-
pheme thy Name, for ever ?

12 Why withdraweft thou thy hand : why
pluckeft thou not thy right hand out of thy
bofom to confume the enemy ?

13 For God is my King of old : the help
that is done upon earth he doeth it himfelf.

14 Thou didft divide the fea through thy
power : thou brakeft the heads of the dragons
in the waters.

15 Thou fmoteft the heads of Leviathan
in pieces : and gaveft him to be meat for the
people in the wildernefs.

Day 15. THE PSALMS.

16 Thou broughteft out fountains and wa
ters out of the hard rocks : thou driedft up
mighty waters.

17 The day is thine, and the night is thine :
thou haft prepared the light and the fun.

18 Thou haft fet all the borders of the
earth : thou haft made fummer and winter.

19 Remember this, O Lord, how the ene
my hath rebuked : and how the fooliih people
hath blafphemed thy Name.

20 O deliver not the foul of thy turtle-dove
unto the multitude of the enemies : and forget
not the congregation of the poor for ever.

21 Look upon the covenant : for all the
earth is full of darknefe, and cruel habita
tions.

22 O let not the fimple go away afhamed :
but let the poor and needy give praife unto
thy Name.

23 Arife, O God, maintain thine own caufe :
remember how the fooliih man blafphemeth
thee daily.

24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies :
the prefumption of them that hate thee in-
creafeth ever more and more.

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PSALM 75. Confitebimur tibi.
NTO thee, O God, do we give thanks :
yea, unto thee do we give thanks.

THE PSALMS. Day 15.

2 Thy Name alfo is fo nigh : and that do
thy wondrous works declare.

3 When I receive the congregation : I (hall
judge according unto right.

4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters
thereof . I bear up the pillars of it.

5 I faid unto the fools, Deal not fo madly:
and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn.

6 Set not up your horn on high : and fpeak
not with a ftiff neck.

7 For promotion cometh neither from the
eaft, nor from the weft : nor yet from the fouth.

8 And why ? God is the Judge : he putteth
down one, and fetteth up another.

9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a
cup, and the wine is red : it is full mixed, and
he poureth out of the fame.

10 As for the dregs thereof: all the un
godly of the earth fhall drink them, and fuck
them out.

1 1 But I will talk of the God of Jacob :
and praife him for ever.

12 All the horns of the ungodly alfo will
I break : and the horns of the righteous ihall
be exalted.

PSALM 76. Notus inJud&a.

rN Jewry is God known : his Name is great
in Ifrael.

2 At Salem is his tabernacle : and his
dwelling in Sion.

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3 There brake he the arrows of the bow :
the fhield, the fword, and the battle.

4 Thou art of more honour and might :
than the hills of the robbers.

5 The proud are robbed, they have flept
their fleep : and all the men whofe hands were
mighty have found nothing.

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob : both
the chariot and horfe are fallen.

7 Thou, even thou art to be feared : and
who may ftand in thy fight when thou art
angry?

8 Thou didft caufe thy judgement to be
heard from heaven : the earth trembled, and
was ftill,

9 When God arofe to judgement : and to
help all the meek upon earth.

10 The fiercenefs of man (hall turn to thy
praife : and the fiercenefs of them (halt thou
refrain.

1 1 Promife unto the Lord your God, and
keep it, all ye that are round about him : bring
prefents unto him that ought to be feared.

12 He fhall refrain the fpirit of princes :
and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.

PSALM 77 • Voce mea ad Dominum.

I Will cry unto God with my voice : even
unto God will I ciy with my voice, and he
fliall hearken unto me.

2 In the time of my trouble I fought the

THE PSALMS. Day 15.

Lord : my fore ran, and ceafed not in the
night feafon; my foul refufed comfort.

3 When I am in heavinefs, I will think
upon God : when my heart is vexed, I will
complain.

4 Thou holdeft mine eyes waking : I am fo
feeble, that I cannot fpeak.

5 I have confidered the days of old : and
the years that are paft.

6 I call to remembrance my fong : and
in the night I commune with mine own heart,
and fearch out my fpirits.

7 Will the Lord abfent himfelf for ever :
and will he be no more intreated ?

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever : and is
his promife come utterly to an end for ever
more ?

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious : and
will he fhut up his loving-kindnefs in dif-
pleafure ?

10 And I faid, It is mine own infirmity :
but I will remember the years of the right
hand of the moft Higheft.

Ill will remember the works of the Lord :
and call to mind thy wonders of old time.

12 I will think alfo of all thy works : and
my talking fliall be of thy doings.

13 Thy way, O God, is holy : who is fo
great a God as our God ?

14 Thou art the God that doeth won-

Day 15. THE PSALMS.

ders : and haft declared thy power among the
people.

15 Thou haft mightily delivered thy peo
ple : even the fons of Jacob and Jofeph.

16 The waters faw thee, O God, the wa
ters faw thee, and were afraid : the depths
alfo were troubled.

17 The clouds poured out water, the air
thundered : and thine arrows went abroad.

18 The voice of thy thunder was heard
round about : the lightnings (hone upon the
ground; the earth was moved, and fhook
withal.

1 9 Thy way is in the fea, and thy paths in the
great waters : and thy footfteps are not known.

20 Thou leddeft thy people like ftieep : by
the hand of Mofes and Aaron.

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PSALM 78. Attendite, popule.

HEAR my law, O my people : incline your
ears unto the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I
ill declare hard fentences of old ;

3 Which we have heard and known : and
ich as our fathers have told us ;

4 That we (hould not hide them from the
children of the generations to come : but to
(hew the honour of the Lord, his mighty and
wonderful works that he hath done.

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5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and
gave Ifrael a law : which he commanded our
forefathers to teach their children ;

6 That their pofterity might know it : and
the children which were yet unborn ;

7 To the intent that when they came up :
they might fliew their children the fame ;

8 That they might put their truft in God :
and not to forget the works of God, but to
keep his commandments ;

9 And not to be as their forefathers, a faith -
lefs and ftubborn generation : a generation
that fet not their heart aright, and whofe fpi-
rit cleaveth not ftedfaftly unto God ;

10 Like as the children of Ephraim : who
being harneffed, and carrying bows, turned
themfelves back in the day of battle.

1 1 They kept not the covenant of God :
and would not walk in his law ;

12 But forgat what he had done : and the
wonderful works that he had fhewed for them.

13 Marvellous things did he in the fight
of our forefathers, in the land of Egypt : even
in the field of Zoan.

14 He divided the fea, and let them go
through : he made the waters to Hand on an
heap.

15 In the day-time alfo he led them with
a cloud : and all the night through with a light
of fire.

Day 15. THE PSALMS.

16 He clave the hard rocks in the wilder
nefs : and gave them drink thereof, as it had
been out of the great depth.

17 He brought waters out of the ftony
rock : fo that it guflied out like the rivers.

18 Yet for all this they finned more againft
him : and provoked the moft Higheft in the
wildernefs.

19 They tempted God in their hearts : and
required meat for their luft.

20 They fpake againft God alfo, faying:
Shall God prepare a table in the wildernefs ?

21 He fmote the ftony rock indeed, that
the water gullied out, and the ftreams flowed
withal : but can he give bread alfo, or provide
flefh for his people ?

22 When theLord heard this, he was wroth :
fo the fire was kindled in Jacob, and there
came up heavy difpleafure againft Ifrael ;

23 Becaufe they believed not in God : and
put not their truft in his help.

24 So he commanded the clouds above :
and opened the doors of heaven.

25 He rained down manna alfo upon them
for to eat : and gave them food from heaven.

26 So man did eat angels' food : for he fent
them meat enough.

27 He caufed the eaft-wind to blow under
heaven : and through his power he brought
in the fouth- weft- wind.

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28 He rained flefli upon them as thick as
duft : and feathered fowls like as the fand of
the fea.

29 He let it fall among their tents : even
round about their habitation.

30 So they did eat, and were well filled ;
for he gave them their own deiire : they were
not difappointed of their luft.

31 But while the meat was yet in their
mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon
them, and flew the wealthieft of them : yea,
and fmote down the chofen men that were in
Ifrael.

32 But for all this they finned yet more :
and believed not his wondrous works.

33 Therefore their days did he confume in
vanity : and their years in trouble.

34 When he flew them, they fought him :
and turned them early, and enquired after God.

35 And they remembered that God was
their ftrength : and that the high God was
their redeemer.

36 Neverthelefs, they did but flatter him
with their mouth : and diflembled with him in
their tongue.

37 For their heart was not whole with him :
neither continued they ftedfaft in his covenant.

38 But he was fo merciful, that he forgave
their mifdeeds : and deftroyed them not.

39 Yea, many a time turned he his wrath

Day 15. THE PSALMS

away : and would not fuffer his whole difplea-
fure to arife.

40 For he confidered that they were but
flefh : and that they were even a wind that
pafleth away, and cometh not again.

41 Many a time did they provoke him in
the wildernefs : and grieved him in the defert.

42 They turned back, and tempted God :
and moved the Holy One in Ifrael.

43 They thought not of his hand : and of
the day when he delivered them from the
hand of the enemy ;

44 How he had wrought his miracles in
Egypt : and his wonders in the field of Zoan.

45 He turned their waters into blood : fo
that they might not drink of the rivers.

46 He fent lice among them, and devour
ed them up : and frogs to deftroy them.

47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpillar :
and their labour unto the grafshopper.

48 He deftroyed their vines with hail-ftones :
and their mulberry-trees with the froft.

49 He fmote their cattle alfo with hail-ftones :
and their flocks with hot thunder-bolts.

50 He caft upon them the furioufnefs of
his wrath, anger, difpleafure, and trouble : and
fent evil angels among them.

5 1 He made a way to his indignation, and
fpared not their foul from death : but gave
their life over to the peftilence ;

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52 And fmote all the firft-born in Egypt :
the moft principal and mightieft in the dwell
ings of Ham.

53 But as for his own people, he led them
forth like (heep : and carried them in the wil-
dernefs like a flock.

54 He brought them out fafely, that they
fhould not fear : and overwhelmed their ene
mies with the fea.

55 And brought them within the borders
of his fan&uary : even to his mountain which
he purchafed with his right hand.

56 He caft out the heathen alfo before
them : caufed their land to be divided among
them for an heritage, and made the tribes of
Ifrael to dwell in their tents.

57 So they tempted, and difpleafed the moft
high God : and kept not his teftimonies ;

58 But turned their backs, and fell away
like theif forefathers : ftarting afide like a
broken bow.

59 For they grieved him with their hill-
altars : and provoked him to difpleafure with
their images.

60 When God heard this, he was wroth :
and took fore difpleafure at Ifrael.

61 So that he forfook the tabernacle in Silo :
even the tent that he had pitched among men.

62 He delivered their power into captivity :
and their beauty into the enemy's han<

DayW. THE PSALMS.

63 He gave his people over alfo unto the
fword : and was wroth with his inheritance.

64 The fire confumed their young men : and
their maidens were not given to marriage.

65 Their priefts were flain with the fword :
and there were no widows to make lamentation.

66 So the Lord awaked as one out of fleep :
and like a giant refreftied with wine.

67 He fmote his enemies in the hinder
parts : and put them to a perpetual (harne.

68 He refufed the tabernacle of Jofeph :
and chofe not the tribe of Ephraim ;

69 But chofe the tribe of Judah : even the
hill of Sion which he loved.

70 And there he built his temple on high :
and laid the foundation of it like the ground
which he hath made continually.

71 He chofe David alfo his fervant : and
took him away from the ftieep-folds.

72 As he was following the ewes great
with young ones he took him : that he might feed
Jacob his people, and Ifrael his inheritance.

73 So he fed them with a faithful and true
heart : and ruled them prudently with all his
power.

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PSALM 79. Deus, vencrunt.
God, the heathen are come into thine
inheritance : thy holy temple have they

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defiled, and made Jerufalem an heap of
ftones.

2 The dead bodies of thy fervants have
they given to be meat unto the fowls of the
air : and the flelh of thy faints unto the beafts
of the land.

3 Their blood have they fhed like water
on eveiy fide of Jerufalem : and there was
no man to buiy them.

4 We are become an open fhame to our
enemies : a very fcorn and derifion unto them
that are round about us.

5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry :
lhall thy jealoufy burn like fire for ever ?

6 Pour out thine indignation upon the hea
then that have not known thee : and upon the
kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name.

7 For they have devoured Jacob : and laid
wafte his dwelling-place.

8 O remember not our old fins, but have
mercy upon us, and that foon : for we are
come to great mifery.

9 Help us, O God of our falvation, for the
glory of thy Name : O deliver us, and be mer
ciful unto our fins, for thy Name's fake.

10 Wherefore do the heathen fay : Where
is now their God ?

1 1 O let the vengeance of thy fervants'
blood that is flied : be openly {hewed upon the
heathen in our fight.

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12 O let the forrowful fighing of the pri-
foners come before thee : according to the
greatnefs of thy power, preferve thou thofe
that are appointed to die.

13 And for the blafphemy wherewith our
neighbours have blafphemed thee : reward
thou them, O Lord, feven-fold into their bofom.

14 So we, that are thy people, and fheep of
thy pafture, (hall give thee thanks for ever :
and will alway be fliewing forth thy praife
from generation to generation.

PSALM 80 . Qui regis Ifrael.

HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Ifrael, thou
that leadeft Jofeph like a fheep : (hew
thyfelf alfo, thou that fitteft upon the che-
rubims.

2 BeforeEphraim, Benjamin, andManafles :
ftir up thy ftrength, and come, and help us.

3 Turn us again, O God : (hew the light of
thy countenance, and we (hall be whole.

4 O Lord God of hofts : how long wilt
thou be angry with thy people that prayeth ?

5 Thou feedeft them with the bread of
tears : and giveft them plenteoufnefs of tears
to drink.

6 Thou haft made us a very ftrife unto our
neighbours : and our enemies laugh us tofconi.

7 Turn us again, thou God of hofts : (hew
the light of thy countenance, and we fliall be
whole.

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8 Thou haft brought a vine out of Egypt : I
thou haft caft out the heathen, and planted it. j

9 Thou madeft room for it : and when it I
had taken root it filled the land.

10 The hills were covered with the fhadow
of it : and the boughs thereof were like the j
goodly cedar- trees.

11 She ilretched out her branches unto
the fea : and her boughs unto the river.

12 Why haft thou then broken down her
hedge : that all they that go by pluck off her
grapes ?

13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root
it up : and the wild beafts of the field devour it.

14 Turn thee again, thou God of hofts, look I
down from heaven : behold, and vifit this vine ; i

15 And the place of the vineyard that thy
right hand hath planted : and the branch that i
thou madeft fo ftrong for thyfelf.

16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down : andU
they fliall perilh at the rebuke of thy counte- 1
nance.

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy I
right hand : and upon the fon of man, whom |
thou madeft fo ftrong for thine own felf.

18 And fo will not we go back from thee : I
O let us live, and we fliall call upon thy Name. |

19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hofts :
Ihew the light of thy countenance, and we fhall |
be whole.

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; PSALM 81. Exultate Deo.

j OING we merrily unto God our ftrength :
t k-f make a cheerful noife unto the God of

Jacob.

Y 2 Take the pfalm, bring hither the tabret :
e the merry harp with the lute.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon :
9J even in the time appointed, and upon our fo-

lemn feaft-day.

4 For this was made a ftatute for Ifrael :
and a law of the God of Jacob.

5 This he ordained in Jofeph for a tefti-
mony : when he came out of the land of Egypt,
and had heard a ftrange language.

6 I eafed his fhoulder from the burden : and
his hands were delivered from making the pots.

7 Thou calledft upon me in troubles, and I
delivered thee : and heard thee what time as
the ftorm fell upon thee.

8 I proved thee alfo : at the waters of ftrife.

9 Hear, O my people, and I will allure thee,
O Ifrael : if thou wilt hearken unto me,

10 There fhall no ftrange god be in thee :
neither Ihalt thou worfhip any other god.

1 1 I am the Lord thy God, who brought
thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth
wide, and I (hall fill it.

12 But my people would not hear my voice :
and Ifrael would not obey me.

13 So I gave them up unto their own

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hearts' lufts : and let them follow their own
imaginations.

14 O that my people would have heark
ened unto me : for if Ifrael had walked in my
ways,

151 fliould foon have put down their ene
mies : and turned my hand againft their ad-
verfaries.

16 The haters of the Lord fliould have been
found liars : but their time fliould have en
dured for ever.

17 He fliould have fed them alfo with the
fineft wheat-flour : and with honey out of the
ftony rock fliould I have fatisfied thee.

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PSALM 82. Deus Jletit.

GOD ftandeth in the congregation of
princes : he is a Judge among gods.

2 How long will ye give wrong judgement
and accept the perfons of the ungodly ?

3 Defend the poor and fatherlefs : fee that
fuch as are in need and neceflity have right.

4 Deliver the out-caft and poor : fave them
from the hand of the ungodly.

5 They will not be learned nor underftand,
but walk on ftill in darknefs : all the founda
tions of the earth are out of courfe.

6 I have faid, Ye are gods : and ye are all
the children of the moft Higheft.

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7 But ye (hall die like men : and fall like
one of the princes.

8 Arife, O God, and judge thou the earth :
for thou flialt take all heathen to thine inhe
ritance.

PSALM 83. Deus, quis jimilis ?

HOLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not
Hill filence : refrain not thyfelf, O God.

2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmur
ing : and they that hate thee have lift up their
head.

3 They have imagined craftily againft thy
people : and taken counfel againft thy fecret
ones.

4 They have faid, Come, and let us root
them out, that they be no more a people :
and that the name of Ifrael may be no more
in remembrance.

5 For they have caft their heads together
with one confent : and are confederate againft
thee ;

6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the
Ifmaelites : the Moabites, and Hagarens ;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek : the
Philiftines, with them that dwell at Tyre.

8 Affur alfo is joined with them : and have
holpen the children of Lot.

9 But do thou to them as unto the Ma-
dianites : unto Sifera, and unto Jabin at the
brook of Kifon ;

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10 Who perifhed at Endor : and became
as the dung of the earth.

1 1 Make them and their princes like Oreb
and Zeb : yea, make all their princes like as
Zeba and Salmana ;

12 Who fay, Let us take to ourfelves : the j
houfes of God in poffeffion.

13 O my God, make them like unto a]
wheel : and as the ftubble before the wind ;

14 Like as the fire that burneth up the jl
wood : and as the flame that confumeth the j
mountains.

15 Perfecute them even fo with thy tem-
peft : and make them afraid with thy ftorm.

16 Make their faces alhamed, O Lord: j
that they may feek thy Name.

17 Let them be confounded and vexed I
ever more and more : let them be put to J
ftiame, and perifti.

18 And they fhall know that thou, whofe
Name is Jehovah : art only the moil Higheft
over all the earth.

PSALM 84. Quam dileffia!

OHow amiable are thy dwellings : thou
Lord of hofts !

2 My foul hath a defire and longing to en
ter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and
my flefti rejoice in the living God.

3 Yea, the fparrow hath found her an houfe,
and the fwallow a neft where (he may lay her

Day 16. THE PSALMS.

young : even thy altars, O Lord of hofts, my
King and my God.

4 Bleffed are they that dwell in thy houfe :
they will be alway praiiing thee.

5 Blefled is the man whofe ftrength is in
thee : in whofe heart are thy ways.

6 Who going through the vale of mifery ufe
it for a well : and the pools are filled with water.

7 They will go from ftrength to ftrength :
and unto the God of gods appeareth eveiy
one of them in Sion.

8 O Lord God of hofts, hear my prayer :
hearken, O God of Jacob.

9 Behold, O God our defender, and look
upon the face of thine Anointed.

10 For one day in thy courts : is better than
a thoufand.

Ill had rather be a door-keeper in the
houfe of my God : than to dwell in the tents
of ungodlinefs.

12 For the Lord God is a light and defence :
the Lord will give grace and worfhip, and no
good thing (hall he withhold from them that
live a godly life.

13 O Lord God of hofts : blefled is the
man that putteth his truft in thee.

PSALM 85. Benedixijli, Domine.
ORD, thou art become gracious unto
thy land : thou haft turned away the cap
tivity of Jacob.

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2 Thou haft forgiven the offence of thy
people : and covered all their fins.

3 Thou haft taken away all thy difpleafure :
and turned thyfelf from thy wrathful indig
nation.

4 Turn us then, O God our Saviour : and let
thine anger ceafe from us.

5 Wilt thou be difpleafed at us for ever :
and wilt thou ftretch out thy wrath from one
generation to another?

6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us :
that thy people may rejoice in thee ?

7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord : and grant
us thy falvation.

8 I wiH hearken what the Lord God will
fay concerning me : for he fhall fpeak peace
unto his people, and to his faints, that they
turn not again.

9 For his falvation is nigh them that fear
him : that glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth are met together :
righteoufnefs and peace have kiffed each
other.

1 1 Truth fhall flourifh out of the earth :
and righteoufnefs hath looked down from
heaven.

12 Yea, the Lord fhall fhew loving-kind-
nefs : and our land fhall give her increafe.

13 Righteoufnefs fhall go before him : and
he fhall direct his going in the way.

Day 17. THE PSALMS.

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PSALM 86. Inclina, Domme.

BOW down thine ear, O Lord, and hear
me : for I am poor, and in mifery.
2 Preferve thou my foul, for I am holy :
t my God, fave thy fervant that putteth his truft

in thee.

: 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I will
3 ! call daily upon thee.

4 Comfort the foul of thy fervant : for unto
: thee, O Lord, do I lift up my foul.

5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious :
t and of great mercy unto all them that call

upon thee.

6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer : and
ponder the voice of my humble defires.

7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon
thee : for thou heareft me.

ri 8 Among the gods there is none like unto
thee, O Lord : there is not one that can do
thou doeft.

9 All nations whom thou haft made (hall
come and worfhip thee, O Lord : and fhall

lorify thy Name.

10 For thou art great, and doeft wondrous
ings : thou art God alone.

| 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will
k in thy truth : O knit my heart unto thee,
that I may fear thy Name.

121 will thank thee, O Lord my God, with

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all my heart : and will praife thy Name for
evermore.

13 For great is thy mercy toward me : and
thou haft delivered my foul from the nether-
moft hell.

14 O God, the proud are rifen againft me:
and the congregations of naughty men have
fought after my foul, and have not fet thee
before their eyes.

15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of com-
paffion and mercy : long-fuffering, plenteous
in goodnefs and truth.

16 O turn thee then unto me, and have
mercy upon me : give thy ftrength unto thy
fervant, and help the fon of thine handmaid.

17 Shew fome token upon me for good,
that they who hate me may fee it, and be
afliamed : becaufe thou, Lord, haft holpen me,
and comforted me.

PSALM 87- Fundamenta ejus.

HER foundations are upon the holy hills :
the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.

2 Veiy excellent things are fpoken of thee:
thou city of God.

3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon :
with them that know me.

4 Behold ye the Philiftines alfo : and they of
Tyre, with the Morians; lo, there was, he born,!

5 Ajid of Sion it fhall be reported that he

.Day 17. THE PSALMS.

PI was born in her : and the moft High fhall fta-
blifti her.

6 The Lord fliall rehearfe it when he writ-
• eth up the people : that he was born there.

7 The fingers alfo and trumpeters fliall he
: rehearfe : All my frefti fprings (hall be in thee.

PSALM 88. Domine Deus.
Lord God of my falvation, I have cried
day and night before thee : O let my
prayer enter into thy prefence, incline thine
unto my calling.

2 For my foul is full of trouble : and my
ejlife draweth nigh unto hell.

3 I am counted as one of them that go
I down into the pit : and I have been even as
I, [a man that hath no ftrength.

e 4 Free among the dead, like unto them
that are wounded, and lie in the grave : who
are out of remembrance, and are cut away
m thy hand.

5 Thou haft laid me in the loweft pit : in
place of darknefs, and in the deep.

6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me :
d thou haft vexed me with all thy ftorms.

7 Thou haft put away mine acquaintance
from me : and made me to be abhorred of

em.

8 I am fo faft in prifon : that I cannot get
n forth.

i; 9 My fight faileth for very trouble : Lord,

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I have called daily upon thee, I have ftretch- 1
ed forth my hands unto thee.

10 Doft thou Ihew wonders among the
dead : or fhall the dead rife up again, and praife
thee?

1 1 Shall thy loving-kindnefs be {hewed in
the grave : or thy faithfulnefs in deftru&ion?

12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in
the dark : and thy righteoufnefs in the land
where all things are forgotten ?

13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord : and
early fhall my prayer come before thee.

14 Lord, why abhorreft thou my foul : and
hidefl thou thy face from me ?

15 I am in mifery, and like unto him that
is at the point to die : even from my youth
up thy terrors have I fuffered with a troubled
mind.

16 Thy wrathful difpleafure goeth over me:
and the fear of thee hath undone me.

1 7 They came round about me daily like wa
ter : and compafied me together on every fide.

18 My lovers and friends haft thou put
away from me : and hid mine acquaintance
out of my fight.

M

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PSALM 89. Mifericordias Domini.
Y fong fhall be alway of the loving-,
kindnefs of the Lord : with my mouth

Day 17. THE PSALMS.

will I ever be (hewing thy truth from one ge
neration to another.

2 For I have faid, Mercy (hall be fet up for
ever : thy truth (halt thou ftablilh in the hea
vens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chofen :
I have fworn unto David my fervant;

4 Thy feed will I ftablifh for ever : and fet
up thy throne from one generation to another.

5 O Lord, the very heavens lhall praife thy
wondrous works : and thy truth in the congre
gation of the faints.

6 For who is he among the clouds : that
(hall be compared unto the Lord ?

7 And xvbat is he among the gods : that
all be like unto the Lord ?

8 God is very greatly to be feared in the
council of the faints : and to be had in reve-

nce of all them that are round about him.

9 O Lord God of hofts,who is like unto thee:
y truth, moft mighty Lord, is on eveiy fide.

10 Thou ruleft the raging of the fea : thou
illeft the waves thereof when they arife.

1 1 Thou haft fubdued Egypt, and deftroyed
it : thou haft fcattered thine enemies abroad

ith thy mighty arm.

12 The heavens are thine, the earth alfo
is thine : thou haft laid the foundation of the
round world, and all that therein is.

13 Thou haft made the north and the

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fouth : Tabor and Hermon (hall rejoice in thy
Name.

14 Thou haft a mighty arm : ftrong is thy
hand, and high is thy right hand.

15 Righteoufnefs and equity are the habi
tation of thy feat : mercy and truth fhall go
before thy face.

16 Blefled is the people, O Lord, that can
rejoice in thee : they lhall walk in the light of
thy countenance.

17 Their delight (hall be daily in thy Name :
and in thy righteoufnefs fhall they make their
boaft.

18 For thou art the glory of their ftrength :
and in thy loving-kindnefs thou fhalt lift up
our horns.

19 For the Lord is our defence : the Holy
One of Ifrael is our King.

20 Thou fpakeft fometime in vifions unto
thy faints, and faidft : I have laid help upon
one that is mighty; I have exalted one chofen
out of the people.

21 I have found David my fervant : with
my holy oil have I anointed him.

22 My hand fhall hold him faft : and my
arm fhall ftrengthen him.

23 The enemy fhall not be able to do him vio
lence : the fon of wickednefs fhall not hurt him.

24 I will finite down his foes before his
face : and plague them that hate him.

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25 My truth alfo and my mercy (hall be
with him : and in my Name fhall his horn be
exalted.

26 I will fet his dominion alfo in the fea :
and his right hand in the floods.

27 He ftiall call me, Thou art my Father;
my God, and my ftrong falvation.

28 And I will make him my firft-born :
higher than the kings of the earth.

29 My mercy will I keep for him for ever
more : and my covenant ftiall ftand fail with
him.

30 His feed alfo will I make to endure for
ever : and his throne as the days of heaven.

31 But if his children forfake my law : and
walk not in my judgements ;

32 If they break my ftatutes, and keep not
my commandments : I will vifit their offences
with the rod, and their fin with fcourges.

33 Neverthelefs, my loving-kindnefs will I
not utterly take from him : nor fuffer my truth
to fail.

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter
the thing that is gone out of my lips : I have
fworn once by my holinefs, that I will not fail
David.

35 His feed ftiall endure for ever : and his
t is like as the fun before me.

36 He ftiall ftand faft for evermore as the
moon : and as the faithful witnefs in heaven.

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37 But thou haft abhorred and forfaken
thine Anointed : and art difpleafed at him.

38 Thou haft broken the covenant of thy
fervant : and caft his crown to the ground.

39 Thou haft overthrown all his hedges :
and broken down his ftrong holds.

40 All they that go by fpoil him : and he
is become a reproach to his neighbours.

41 Thou haft fet up the right hand of his
enemies : and made all his adverfaries to re
joice.

42 Thou haft taken away the edge of his
fword : and giveft him not victory in the battle.

43 Thou haft put out his glory : and caft
his throne down to the ground.

44 The days of his youth haft thou fhorten-
ed : and covered him with dilhonour.

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyfelf,
for ever : and fhall thy wrath burn like fire ?

46 O remember how fhort my time is :
wherefore haft thou made all men for nought ?

47 What man is he that liveth, and fhall
not fee death : and fhall he deliver his foul
from the hand of hell ?

48 Lord, where are thy old loving-kind-
nefles : which thou fwareft unto David in thy
truth?

49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy
fervants have : and how I do bear in my bofom
the rebukes of many people ;

Day IS. THE PSALMS. ^

50 Wherewith thine enemies have blaf-
phemed thee, and flandered the footfteps of
thine Anointed : Praifed be the Lord for ever
more. Amen, and Amen.

Draper.

PSALM 90. Domine, refugium.

LORD, thou haft been our refuge : from
one generation to another.

2 Before the mountains were brought
forth, or ever the earth and the world were
made : thou art God from everlafting, and
world without end.

3 Thou turned man to definition : again
thou fayeft, Come again, ye children of men.

4 For a thoufand year's in thy fight are
but as yefterday : feeing that is paft as a watch
in the night.

5 As foon as thou fcattereft them they are
even as a fleep : and fade away fuddenly like
the grafs.

6 In the morning it is green, and groweth
up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried
up, and withered.

7 For we confume away in thy difpleafure :
and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.

8 Thou haft fet our mifdeeds before thee :
and our fecret fins in the light of thy counte
nance.

9 For when thou art angry all our days

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are gone : we bring our years to an end, as
it were a tale that is told.

10 The days of our age are threefcore
years and ten ; and though men be fo ftrong
that they come to fourfcore years : yet is their
ftrength then but labour and forrow ; fo foon
pafleth it away, and we are gone.

11 But who regardeth the power of thy
wrath : for even thereafter as a man feareth,
fo is thy difpleafure.

12 O teach us to number our days : that
we may apply our hearts unto wifdom.

13 Turn thee again, O Lord, at the laft :
and be gracious unto thy fervants.

14 O fatisfy us with thy mercy, and that
foon : fo (hall we rejoice and be glad all the
days of our life.

15 Comfort us again now after the time
that thou haft plagued us : and for the years
wherein we have fuffered adverfity.

16 Shew thy fervants thy work : and their
children thy glory.

17 And the glorious Majefty of the Lord
our God be upon us : profper thou the work
of our hands upon us, O profper thou our
handy-work.

PSALM 91. Qui habitat.

WHOSO dwelleth under the defence of
the moft High : fhall abide under the
thadow of the Almighty.

Day 18. THE PSALMS.

2 I will fay unto the Lord, Thou art my
hope, and my ftrong hold : my God, in him
will I truft.

3 For he fhall deliver thee from the fnare of
the hunter : and from the noifome peftilence.

4 He fhall defend thee under his wings, and
thou fhalt be fafe under his feathers : his faith-
fulnefs and truth fhall be thy fhield and buckler.

5 Thou fhalt not be afraid for any terror by
night : nor for the arrow that flieth by day ;

6 For the peftilence that walketh in dark-
nefs : nor for the ficknefs that deftroyeth in
the noon-day.

7 A thoufand fhall fall befide thee, and ten
thoufand at thy right hand : but it fhall not
come nigh thee.

8 Yea, with thine eyes lhalt thou behold :
and fee the reward of the ungodly.

9 For thou, Lord, art my hope : thou haft
fet thine houfe of defence very high.

10 There lhall no evil happen unto thee :
neither fhall any plague come nigh thy dwell
ing.

1 1 For he fhall give his angels charge over
thee : to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They fhall bear thee in their hands :
that thou hurt not thy foot againft a ftone.

13 Thou fhalt go upon the lion and adder :
the young lion and the dragon fhalt thou
tread under thy feet.

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14 Becaufe he hath fet his love upon me,
therefore will I deliver him : I will fet him up,
becaufe he hath known my Name.

15 He fliall call upon me, and I will hear
him : yea, I am with him in trouble ; I will
deliver him, and bring him to honour.

16 With long life will I fatisfy him : and
fhew him my falvation.

PSALM 92. Bonum eft confiteri.

IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the
Lord : and to ling praifes unto thy Name,
OmoftHigheft;

2 To tell of thy loving-kindnefs early in the
morning : and of thy truth in the night-feafon ;

3 Upon an inftrument of ten firings, and
upon the lute : upon a loud inilrument, and
upon the harp.

4 For thou, Lord, haft made me glad
through thy works : and I will rejoice in giving
praife for the operations of thy hands.

5 O Lord, how glorious are thy works : thy
thoughts are very deep.

6 An unwife man doth not well confider
this : and a fool doth not underftand it.

7 When the ungodly are green as the
grafs, and when all the workers of wickednefs
do flourifli : then fliall they be deftroyed for
ever; but thou, Lord, art the moft Higheft
for evermore.

8 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine

Day IS. THE PSALMS.

enemies (hall perifh : and all the workers of
wickednefs fhall be deftroyed.

9 But mine horn fhall be exalted like the
horn of an unicorn : for I am anointed with
frefh oil.

10 Mine eye alfo (hall fee his luft of mine
enemies : and mine ear fhall hear his defire
of the wicked that arife up againft me.

1 1 The righteous fhall flourifh like a palm-
tree : and fhall fpread abroad like a cedar in
Libanus.

12 Such as are planted in the houfe of the
Lord : fhall flourifh in the courts of the houfe
of our God.

13 They alfo fhall bring forth more fruit
in their age : and fhall be fat and well-liking.

14 That they may fhew how true the Lord
my ftrength is : and that there is no unrighte-
oufnefs in him.

Draper.

PSALM 93. Dominus regnavit.

THE Lord is King, and hath put on glo
rious apparel : the Lord hath put on his
apparel, and girded himfelf with ftrength.

2 He hath made the round world fo fure :
that it cannot be moved.

3 Ever fince the world began hath thy feat
been prepared : thou art from everlafting.

4 The floods are rifeivO Lord, the floods

THE PSALMS. Day 18.

have lift up their voice : the floods lift up their
waves.

5 The waves of the fea are mighty, and
rage horribly : but yet the Lord, who dwelleth
on high, is mightier.

6 Thy teftimonies, O Lord, are veiy fure :
holinefs becometh thine houfe for ever.

PSALM 94. Dens ultionum.

OLord God, to whom vengeance belong-
eth : thou God, to whom vengeance be-
longeth, (hew thyfelf.

2 Arife, thou Judge of the world : and re
ward the proud after their deferring.

3 Lord, how long ftiall the ungodly : how
long fliall the ungodly triumph ?

4 How long fliall all wicked doers fpeak fo
difdainfully : and make fuch proud boafting?

5 They finite down thy people, O Lord :
and trouble thine heritage.

6 They murder the widow, and the ftran-
ger : and put the fatherlefs to death.

7 And yet they fay, Tufli, the Lord fliall
not fee : neither (hall the God of Jacob re
gard it.

8 Take heed, ye unwife among the people :
O ye fools, when will ye underftand ?

9 He that planted the ear, ftiall he not
hear : or he that made the eye, (hall he not
fee?

10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen : it is

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he that teacheth man knowledge, (hall not he
punilh ?

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of
man : that they are but vain.

12 Blefled is the man whom thou chaften-
eft, O Lord : and teacheft him in thy law ;

13 That thon may eft give him patience in
time of adverfity : until the pit be digged up
for the ungodly.

14 For the Lord will not fail his people :
neither will he forfake his inheritance ;

15 Until righteoufnefs turn again unto
judgement : all fuch as are true in heart fhall
follow it.

16 Who will rife up with me againft the
wicked : or who will take my part againft the
evil-doers ?

17 If the Lord had not helped me : it had
not failed but my foul had been put to filence.

18 But when I faid, My foot hath flipt :
thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

19 In the multitude of the forrows that I
had in my heart : thy comforts have refrefhed
my foul.

20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with
the ftool of wickednefs : which imagineth mif-
chief as a law ?

21 They gather them together againft the
foul of the righteous : and condemn the inno
cent blood.

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22 But the Lord is my refuge : and my
God is the ftrength of my confidence.

23 He fhall recompense them their wicked-
nefs, and deftroy them in their own malice r
yea, the Lord our God fhall deftroy them.

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PSALM 95. Venite, exultemus.

OCome, let us ling unto the Lord : let us
heartily rejoice in the ftrength of our
falvation.

2 Let us come before his prefence with
thankfgiving : and Ihew ourfelves glad in him
with pfalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God rand a
great King above all gods.

4 In his hand are all the corners of the
earth : and the ftrength of the hills is his alfo.

5 The fea is his, and he made it : and his
hands prepared the dry land.

6 O come, let us worfhip and fall down :
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

7 For he is the Lord our God : and we are
the people of his pafture, and the (heep of his
hand.

8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as
in the day of temptation in the wildernefs ;

9 When your fathers tempted me : proved
me, and faw my works.

Day 19. THE PSALMS.

10 Forty years long was I grieved with
this generation, and faid : It is a people that
do err in their hearts, for they have not known
my ways ;

1 1 Unto whom I fware in my wrath : that
they Ihould not enter into my reft.

PSALM 96. Cantate Domino.

OSing unto the Lord a new long : fing
unto the Lord, all the whole earth. -

2 Sing unto the Lord, and praife his Name :
be telling of his falvation from day to day.

3 Declare his honour unto the heathen :
and his wonders unto all people.

4 For the Lord is great, and cannot wor
thily be praifed : he is more to be feared than
all gods.

5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they
are but idols : but it is the Lord that made
the heavens.

6 Glory and worfhip are before him : power
and honour are in his fan&uary.

7 Afcribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of
the people : afcribe unto the Lord worlhip and
power.

8 Afcribe unto the Lord the honour due
unto his Name : bring prefents, and come into
his courts.

9 O worfhip the Lord in the beauty of ho-
linefs : let the whole earth ft and in awe of him.

10 Tell it out among the heathen that the

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Lord is King : and that it is he who hathl
made the round world fo faft that it cannotw
be moved ; and how that he flaall judge the!
people righteoufly.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the
earth be glad : let the fea make a noife, and
all that therein is.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is
in it : then fhall all the trees of the wood re
joice before the Lord.

13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge
the earth : and with righteoufnefs to judge
the world, and the people with his truth.

PSALM 97. Dominus regnavit.

THE Lord is King, the earth may be glad
thereof: yea, the multitude of the ifles
may be glad thereof.

2 Clouds and darknefs are round about
him : righteoufnefs and judgement are the
habitation of his feat.

3 There lhall go a fire before him : and burn
up his enemies on every fide.

4 His lightnings gave fhine unto the world :
the earth faw it, and was afraid.

5 The hills melted like wax at the prefence
of the Lord : at the prefence of the Lord ofji
the whole earth.

6 The heavens have declared his righteouf-ji
nefs : and all the people have feen his glory .

7 Confounded be all they that worlhip carv-j

Day 19. THE PSALMS.

i ed images,, and that delight in vain gods : wor-
t Ihip him, all ye gods.

8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced : and the
daughters of Judah were glad, becaufe of thy
judgements, O Lord.

9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are
in the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

10 O ye that love the Lord, fee that ye hate
the thing which is evil : the Lord preferveth

he fouls of his faints ; he (hall deliver them
from the hand of the ungodly.

1 1 There is fprung up a light for the righte
ous : and joyful gladnefs for fuch as are true-
earted.

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous : and
ive thanks for a remembrance of his holinefs.

Draper.

PSALM 98. Cantate Domino.
Sing unto the Lord a new fong : for he
hath done marvellous things.

2 With his own right hand, and with his
ly arm : hath he gotten himfelf the vidlory.

3 The Lord declared his falvation : his
jhteoufnefs hath he openly Ihewed in the

of the heathen.

4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth
ward the houfe of Ifrael : and all the ends

if the world have feen the falvation of our
pod.

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5 Shew yourfelves joyful unto the Lord,
all ye lands : ling, rejoice, and give thanks.

6 Praife the Lord upon the harp : fing to
the harp with a pfalm of thankfgiving.

7 With trumpets alfo, and fliawms : O ftiew
yourfelves joyful before the Lord the King.

8 Let the fea make a noife, and all that
therein is : the round world, and they that)
dwell therein.

9 Let the floods clap their hands, and lei
the hills be joyful together before the Lord
for he is come to judge the earth.

10 With righteoufnefs fliall he judge the
world : and the people with equity.

PSALM 99. Dominus regnavit.

THE Lord is King, be the people never
fo impatient : he fitteth between the che-
rubims, be the earth never fo unquiet.

2 The Lord is great in Sion : and high
above all people.

3 They (hall give thanks unto thy Name
which is great, wonderful, and holy.

4 The King's power loveth judgement; thou
haft prepared equity : thou haft executec
judgement and righteoufnefs in Jacob.

5 O magnify the Lord our God : and faD
down before his footftool, for he is holy.

6 Mofes and Aaron among his priefts, and
Samuel among fuch as call upon his Name^
thefe called upon the Lord, and he heard them;

Day 19. THE PSALMS.

7 He fpake unto them out of the cloudy
pillar : for they kept his teftimonies, and the
law that he gave them.

8 Thou heardeft them, O Lord our God :
jthou forgaveft them, O God, and punifhedft
Itheir own inventions.

9 O magnify the Lord our God, and wor-
Ihip him upon his holy hill : for the Lord our
God is holy.

PSALM 100. Jubilate Deo.
Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : ferve
the Lord with gladnefs, and come before
is prefence with a fong.

2 Be ye fure that the Lord he is God : it is
e that hath made us, and not we ourfelves; we

e his people, and the flieep of his pafture^

3 O go your way into his gates with thankf-
iving, and into his courts with praife : be thank-

1 unto him, and fpeak good of his Name.

4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is
verlafting : and his truth endureth from ge
neration to generation.

PSALM 101. Mifericordiam etjudiciufti.
1V/TY fong (hall be of mercy and judgement :
'i-* A unto thee, O Lord, will I fing.

2 O let me have understanding : in the way
a of godlinefs.

3 When wilt thou come unto me : I will
walk in my houfe with a perfect heart.

4 I will take no wicked thing in hand ; I

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hate the fins of unfaithfulnefs : there fhall no
fuch cleave unto me.

5 A froward heart ihall depart from me :
I will not know a wicked perfon.

6 Whofo privily flandereth his neighbour :
him will I deftroy.

7 Whofo hath alfo a proud look and high
ftomach : I will not fuffer him.

8 Mine eyes look upon fuch as are faithful
in the land : that they may dwell with me.

9 Whofo leadeth a godly life : he ftiall be
my fervant.

10 There ihall no deceitful perfon dwell
in my houfe : he that telleth lies fhall not
tarry in my fight.

Ill fhall foon deftroy all the ungodly that
are in the land : that I may root out all wick
ed doers from the city of the Lord.

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PSALM 102. Domine, ewaudi.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord : and let my
crying come unto thee.

2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of
my trouble : incline thine ear unto me when
I call ; O hear me, and that right foon.

3 For my days are confumed away like
fmoke : and my bones are burnt up as it were
a fire-brand.

4 My heart is finitten down, and wither-

Day 20. THE PSALMS.

ed like grafs : fo that I forget to eat my
bread.

5 For the voice of my groaning : my bones
will fcarce cleave to my flefh.

6 I am become like a pelican in the wilder-
nefs : and like an owl that is in the defert.

7 I have watched, and am even as it were a
fpaiTOw : that fitteth alone upon the houfe-top.

8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long :
and they that are mad upon me are fworn to
gether againft me.

9 For I have eaten aflies as it were bread :
and mingled my drink with weeping ;

10 And that becaufe of thine indignation
and wrath : for thou haft taken me up, and
caft me down.

1 1 My days are gone like a Ihadow : and
I am withered like grafs.

12 But, thou, O Lord, flialt endure for
ever : and thy remembrance throughout all
generations.

13 Thou (halt arife, and have mercy upon
Sion : for it is time that thou have mercy up
on her, yea, the time is come.

14 And why? thy fervants think upon her
ftones : and it pitieth them to fee her in the
duft.

15 The heathen ftiall fear thy Name, O
Lord : and all the kings of the earth thy Ma-
jefty;

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16 When the Lord fliall build up Sion :
and when his glory fliall appear ;

17 When he turneth him unto the prayer
of the poor deftitute : and defpifeth not their
defire.

18 This fhall be written for thofe that come
after : and the people which fliall be born fliall
praife the Lord.

19 For he hath looked down from his fanc-
tuaiy : out of the heaven did the Lord behold
the earth ;

20 That he might hear the mournings of
fuch as are in captivity : and deliver the chil
dren appointed unto death ;

21 That they may declare the Name of the
Lord in Sion : and his worftiip at Jerufalem;

22 When the people are gathered together:
and the kingdoms alfo, to ferve the Lord.

23 He brought down my ftrength in my
journey : and fliortened my days.

24 But I faid, O my God, take me not away
in the midft of mine age : as for thy years,
they endure throughout all generations.

25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning haft laid
the foundation of the earth : and the heavens
are the work of thy hands.

26 They ftiall perifti, but thou flialt en
dure : they all fliall wax old as doth a gar
ment ;

27 And as a vefture flialt thou change them,

1%20. THE PSALMS.

and they Ihall be changed : but thou art the
fame, and thy years (hall not fail.

28 The children of thy fervants fhall conti
nue : and their feed fhall itand faft in thy fight.
PSALM 103. Benedic, anima mea.

PRAISE the Lord, O my foul : and all that
is within me praife his holy Name.

2 Praife the Lord, O my foul : and forget
not all his benefits ;

3 Who forgiveth all thy fin : and healeth
all thine infirmities ;

4 Who faveth thy life from definition : and
crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindnefs;

5 Who fatisfieth thy mouth with good things :
making thee young and lufty as an eagle.

6 The Lord executeth righteoufnefs and
judgement : for all them that are opprefled
with wrong.

7 He Ihewed his ways unto Mofes : his
works unto the children of Ifrael.

8 The Lord is full of compaffion and mer
cy : long-fuffering, and of great goodnefs.

9 He will not alway be chiding : neither
keepeth he his anger for ever.

10 He hath not dealt with us after our
fins : nor rewarded us according to our wick-
ednefs.

1 1 For look how high the heaven is in com-
parifon of the earth : fo great is his mercy alfo
toward them that fear him.

THE PSALMS. Day 20.

12 Look how wide alfo the eaft is from the
weft : fo far hath he fet our fins from us.

13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own chil
dren : even fo is the Lord merciful unto them
that fear him.

14 For he knoweth whereof we are made :
he remembereth that we are but duft.

15 The days of man are but as grafs : for
he flourifheth as a flower of the field.

16 For as.foon as the wind goeth over it,
it is gone : and the place thereof fliall know it
no more.

17 But the merciful goodnefs of the Lord
endureth for ever and ever upon them that
fear him : and his righteoufnefs upon chil
dren's children ;

18 Even upon fuch as keep his covenant :
and think upon his commandments to do
them.

19 The Lord hath prepared his feat in hea
ven : and his kingdom ruleth over all.

20 O praife the Lord, ye angels of his, ye
that excel in ftrength : ye that fulfil his com
mandment, and hearken unto the voice of his
words.

21 O praife the Lord, all ye his hofts : ye
fervants of his that do his pleafure.

22 O fpeak good of the Lord, all ye works
of his, in all places of his dominion : praife
thou the Lord, O my foul.

Day 20. THE PSALMS.

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Ps A L M 1 04 . Benedic, anima meet.

PRAISE the Lord, O my foul : O Lord my
God, thou art become exceeding glorious;
thou art clothed with majefty and honour.

2 Thou decked thyfelf with light as it were
with a garment : and fpreadeft out the heavens
like a curtain.

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in
the waters : and maketh the clouds his chariot,
and walketh upon the wings of the wind.

4 He maketh his angels fpirits : and his
minifters a flaming fire.

5 He laid the foundations of the earth :
that it never ftiould move at any time.

6 Thou coveredft it with the deep like as
with a garment : the waters (land in the hills.

7 At thy rebuke they flee : at the voice of
thy thunder they are afraid.

8 They go up as high as the hills, and down
to the valleys beneath : even unto the place
which thou haft appointed for them.

9 Thou haft fet them their bounds which
they ftiall not pafs : neither turn again to co
ver the earth.

10 He fendeth the fprings into the rivers :
which run among the hills.

11 All beafts of the field drink thereof:
and the wild afles quench their thirft.

12 Befide them ihall the fowls of the air

THE PSALMS. Day 20.

have their habitation : and fing among the
branches.

13 He watereth the hills from above : the
earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

14 He bringeth forth grafs for the cattle :
and green herb for the fervice of men ;

15 That he may bring food out of the earth,

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and wine that maketh glad the heart of man :
and oil to make him a cheerful countenance,
and bread to ftrengthen man's heart.

16 The trees of the Lord alfo are full of
fap : even the cedars of Libanus which he hath
planted ;

17 Wherein the birds make their nefts : and
the fir-trees are a dwelling for the ftork.

18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild
goats : and fo are the ftony rocks for the
conies.

19 He appointed the moon for certain fea-
fons : and the fun knoweth his going down.

20 Thou makeft darknefs that it may be
night : wherein all the beafts of the foreft do
move.

21 The lions roaring after their prey : do
feek their meat from God.

22 The fun arifeth, and they get them away
together : and lay them down in their dens.

23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to
his labour : until the evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works :

DayW. THE PSALMS.

in wifdom haft thou made them all ; the earth
is full of thy riches.

25 So is the great and wide fea alfo : where
in are things creeping innumerable, both fmall
and great beafts.

26 There go the (hips, and there is that
Leviathan : whom thou haft made to take his
paftime therein.

27 Thefe wait all upon thee : that thou may-
eft give them meat in due feafon.

28 When thou giveft it them they gather
it : and when thou openeft thy hand they are
filled with good.

29 When thou hideft thy face they are trou
bled : when thou takeft away their breath they
die, and are turned again to their duft.

30 When thou letteft thy breath go forth
they fliall be made : and thou flialt renew the
face of the earth.

31 The glorious Majefty of the Lord fliall
endure for ever : the Lord fliall rejoice in his
works.

32 The earth ftiall tremble at the look of
him : if he do but touch the hills, they ftiall
fmoke.

33 1 will fingunto the Lord as long as I live:
I will praife my God while I have my being.

34 And fo fliall my words pleafe him : my
joy fliall be in the Lord.

35 As for finners, they fliall be confumed

THE PSALMS. Day 21.

out of the earth, and the ungodly ftiall come
to an end : praife thou the Lord, O my foul,
praife the Lord.

PSALM 105. Confitemini Domino.

OGive thanks unto the Lord, and call up
on his Name : tell the people what things
he hath done.

2 O let your fongs be of him, and praife
him : and let your talking be of all his won
drous works.

3 Rejoice in his holy Name : let the heart
of them rejoice that feek the Lord.

4 Seek the Lord and his ftrength : feek his
face evermore.

5 Remember the marvellous works that he
hath done : his wonders, and the judgements
of his mouth,

6 O ye feed of Abraham his fervant : ye
children of Jacob his chofen.

7 He is the Lord our God : his judgements
are in all the world.

8 He hath been alway mindful of his co
venant and promife : that he made to a thou-
fand generations ;

9 Even the covenant that he made with A-
braham : and the oath that he fware unto Ifaac;

10 And appointed the fame unto Jacob for
a law : and tolfrael for an everlafting teftamewt;

Day 21. THE PSALMS.

1 1 Saying, Unto tliee will I give the land of
Canaan : the lot of your inheritance ;

12 When there were yet but a few of them :
and they ftrangers in the land ;

13 What time as they went from one na
tion to another : from one kingdom to another
people ;

14 He fuffered no man to do them wrong :
but reproved even kings for their fakes ;

15 Touch not mine Anointed : and do my
prophets no harm.

16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon
the land : and deftroyed all the provifion of
bread. ?;*

1 7 But he had fent a man before them : even
Jofeph, who was fold to be a bond-fervant ;

18 Whofe feet they hurt in the flocks : the
iron entered into his foul ;

19 Until the time came that his caufe was
known : the word of the Lord tried him.

20 The king fent, and delivered him : the
prince of the people let him go free.

21 He made him lord allb of his houfe :
and ruler of all his fubftance ;

22 That he might inform his princes after
his will : and teach his fenators wifdom.

23 Ifrael alfo came into Egypt : and Jacob
ras a ftranger in the land of Ham.

24 And he increafed his people exceedingly:
and made them ftronger than their enemies;

THE PSALMS. Day 21.

25 Whofe heart turned fo, that they hated
his people : and dealt untruly with his fervants.

26 Then fent he Mofes his fervant : and
Aaron whom he had chofen.

27 And thefe Ihewed his tokens among
them : and wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He fent darknefs, and it was dark : and
they were not obedient unto his word.

29 He turned their waters into blood : and
flew their fifh.

30 Their land brought forth frogs : yea,
even in their kings' chambers.

31 He fpake the word, and there came all
manner of flies : and lice in all their quarters.

32 He gave them hail-ftones for rain : and
flames of fire in their land.

33 He fmote their vines alfo and fig-trees :
and deftroyed the trees that were in their
coafts.

34 He fpake the word, and the grafshop-
pers came, and caterpillars innumerable : and
did eat up all the grafs in their land, and de
voured the fruit of their ground.

35 He fmote all the firft-born in their land :
even the chief of all their ftrength.

36 He brought them forth alfo with filver
and gold : there was not one feeble perfon
among their tribes.

37 Egypt was glad at their departing : for
they were afraid of them.

Day 21. THE PSALMS.

38 He fpread out a cloud to be a covering :
and fire to give light in the night-feafon.

39 At their defire he brought quails : and
he filled them with the bread of heaven.

40 He opened the rock of ftone, and the
waters flowed out : fo that rivers ran in the
dry places.

41 For why? he remembered his holy pro-
j mife : and Abraham his fervant.

42 And he brought forth his people with
I joy : and his chofen with gladnefs ;

43 And gave them the lands of the hea-
1( then : and they took the labours of the people
i in pofleffion ;

44 That they might keep his ftatutes : and
I obferve his laws.

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PSALM 106. Conjitemmi Domino.
)•! f\ Give thanks unto the Lord, for he is
id V^r gracious : and his mercy endureth for
4 ever.

2 Who can exprefs the noble a6ls of the
(It Lord : or fhew forth all his praife ?

3 Blefled are they that alway keep judge-
fl' ment : and do righteoufnefs.

oi 4 Remember me, O Lord, according to the
favour that thou beareft unto thy people : O
to vifit me with thy falvation ;

5 That I may fee the felicity of thy chofen :

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and rejoice in the gladnefs of thy people, and
give thanks with thine inheritance.

6 We have finned with our fathers : we
have done amifs, and dealt wickedly.

7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in
Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodnefs
in remembrance : but were difobedient at the
fea, even at the Red fea.

8 Neverthelefs, he helped them for his
Name's fake : that he might make his power
to be known.

9 He rebuked the Red fea alfo, and it was
dried up : fo he led them through the deep,
as through a wildernefs.

10 And he faved them from the adverfary's
hand : and delivered them from the hand of
the enemy.

1 1 As for thofe that troubled them, the wa
ters overwhelmed them : there was not one
of them left.

12 Then believed they his words : and fang
praife unto him.

13 But within a while they forgat his
works : and would not abide his counfel.

14 But luft came upon them in the wilder
nefs : and they tempted God in the defert.

15 And he gave them their defire : and fent
leannefs withal into their foul.

16 They angered Mofes alfo in the tents :
and Aaron the faint of the Lord.

Day 21. THE PSALMS.

17 So the earth opened, and fwallowed up
Dathan : and covered the congregation of
Abiram.

18 And the fire was kindled in their com
pany : the flame burnt up the ungodly.

19 They made a calf in Horeb : and wor-
ihipped the molten image.

20 Thus they turned their glory : into the
fimilitude of a calf that eateth hay.

21 And they forgat God their faviour : who
had done fo great things in Egypt ;

22 Wondrous works in the land of Hani;
. and fearful things by the Red fea.

23 So he faid, he would have deftroyed
5 them, had not Mofes his chofen flood before
f I him in the gap : to turn away his wrathful in-

I dignation, left he fhould deftroy them.
• I 24 Yea, they thought fcorn of that pleafant
el land : and gave no credence unto his word;

25 But murmured in their tents : and heark-
ig jened not unto the voice of the Lord.

26 Then lift he up his hand againft them :
listto overthrow them in the wildernefs ;

27 To caft out their feed among the na-
r-ltions : and to fcatter them in the lands.

28 They joined themfelves unto Baal-peor :
jntiand ate the offerings of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with
is'.ttheir own inventions : and the plague was

*reat among them.

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THE PSALMS. Day 21.

30 Then flood up Phinees and prayed :
and fo the plague ceafed.

3 1 And that was counted unto him for right-
eoufnefs : among all pofterities for evermore.

32 They angered him alfo at the waters of
ftrife : fo that he puniihed Mofes for their
fakes ;

33 Becaufe they provoked his fpirit : fo
that he fpake unadvifedly with his lips.

34 Neither deftroyed they the heathen : as
the Lord commanded them ;

35 But were mingled among the heathen :
and learned their works.

36 Infomuch that they worfhipped their
idols, which turned to their own decay : yea,
they offered their fons and their daughters
unto devils ;

37 And £hed innocent blood, even the
blood of their fons and of their daughters
whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan ;
and the land was defiled with blood.

38 Thus were they ftained with their own
works : and went a whoring with their own
inventions.

39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord
kindled againft his people : infomuch that he
abhorred his own inheritance.

40 And he gave them over into the hand
of the heathen : and they that hated them
were lords over them.

Day 22. THE PSALMS.

41 Their enemies opprefled them : and had
them in fubjedtion.

42 Many a time did he deliver them : but
they rebelled againft him with their own in
ventions, and were brought down in their
wickednefs.

43 Neverthelefs, when he faw their adver-
fity : he heard their complaint.

44 He thought upon his covenant, and
pitied them, according unto the multitude of
his mercies : yea, he made all thofe that led
them away captive to pity them.

45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and ga
ther us from among the heathen : that we
may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and
make our boaft of thy praife.

46 Bleffecl be the Lord God of Ifrael from
everlafting, and world without end : and let
all the people fay, Amen.

Draper*

PSALM 107- Confitemini Domino.

OGive thanks unto the Lord, for he is gra
cious : and his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord
hath redeemed : and delivered from the hand
of the enemy ;

3 And gathered them out of the lands,
from the eaft, and from the weft : from the
north, and from the fouth.

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THE PSALMS. 1%22.

4 They went aftray in the wildernefs out
of the way : and found no city to dwell in ;

5 .Hungry and thirfty : their foul fainted
in them.

6 So they cried unto the Lord in their trou
ble : and he delivered them from their diftrefs.

7 He led them forth by the right way : that
they might go to the city where they dwelt.
hi 8 O that men would therefore praife the
Lord for his goodnefs : and declare the won
ders that he doeth for the children of men !

9 For he fatisfieth the empty foul : and
filleth the hungry foul with goodnefs.

10 Such as fit in darknefs, and in the flia-
dow of death : being fail bound in mifery and
iron ;

1 1 Becaufe they rebelled againft the words
of the Lord : and lightly regarded the coun-
fel of the moft Higheft ;

12 He alfo brought down their heart
through heavinefs : they fell down, and there
was none to help them.

13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble : he delivered them out of their diftrefs.

14 For he brought them out of darknefs,
and out of the ihadow of death : and brake
their bonds in funder.

15 O that men would therefore praife the
Lord for his goodnefs : and declare the won
ders that he doeth for the children of men !

Day 22. THE PSALMS

16 For he hath broken the gates of brafs :
and fmitten the bars of iron in lunder.

17 Foolifti men are plagued for their of
fence : and becaufe of their wickednefs.

18 Their foul abhorred all manner of meat:
and they were even hard at death's door.

19 So when they cried unto the Lord in
their trouble : he delivered them out of their
diftrefs.

20 He fent his word, and healed them:
and they were faved from their definition.

2 1 O that men would therefore praife the
Lord for his goodnefs : and declare the won
ders that he doeth for the children of men !

22 That they would offer unto him the fa-
crifice of thankfgiving : and tell out his works
with gladnefs !

23 They that go down to the fea in (hips :
and occupy their bufinefs in great waters ;

24 Thefe men fee the works of the Lord :
and his wonders in the deep.

25 For at his word the ftormy wind arifeth :
which lifteth up the waves thereof.

26 They are carried up to the heaven, and
down again to the deep : their foul melteth
away becaufe of the trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and dagger like
a drunken man : and are at their wit's end.

28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their
•ouble : he delivereth them out of their diftrefs.

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THE PSALMS. Day 22.

29 For he maketh the ftorm to ceafe : fo
that the waves thereof are ftill.

30 Then are they glad, becaufe they are at
reft : and fo he bringeth them unto the haven
where they would be.

31 O that men would therefore praife the
Lord for his goodnefs : and declare the won
ders that he doeth for the children of men !

32 That they would exalt him alfo in the
congregation of the people : and praife him
in the feat of the elders !

33 Who turneth the floods into a wilder-
nefs : and drieth up the water-fprings.

34 A fruitful land maketh he barren : for
the wickednefs of them that dwell therein.

35 Again, he maketh the wildernefs a ftand-
ing water : and water-fprings of a dry ground.

36 And there he fetteth the hungry : that
they may build them a city to dwell in ;

37 That they may fow their land, and plant
vineyards : to yield them fruits of increafe.

38 He bleffeth them, fo that they multiply
exceedingly : and fuffereth not their cattle to
decreafe.

39 And again, when they are minifhed, and
brought low : through oppreflion, through any
plague, or trouble ;

40 Though he fuflfer them to be evil in-
treated through tyrants : and let them wander
out of the way in the wildernefs ;

Day 22. THE PSALMS.

41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of mifery :
and maketh him houfholds like a flock of (heep.

42 The righteous will confider this, and
rejoice : and the mouth of all wickednefs fhall
be flopped.

43 Whofo is wife will ponder thefe things :
and they (hall underftand the loving-kindnefs
of the Lord.

PSALM 108. Paratum cor meum.

OGod, my heart is ready, my heart is rea
dy : I will (ing and give praife with the
beft member that I have.

2 Awake, thou lute, and harp : I myfelf
will awake right early.

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
among the people : I will (ing praifes unto
thee among the nations.

4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens :
and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

5 Set up thyfelf, O God, above the hea
vens : and thy glory above all the earth.

6 That thy beloved may be delivered : let
thy right hand fave them, and hear thou me.

7 God hath fpoken in his holinefs : I will
rejoice therefore, and divide Sichem, and mete
out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine, and Manafles is mine :
Ephraim alfo is the ftrength of my head.

THE PSALMS. Day 22.

9 Judah is my law-giver, Moab is my wafh-
pot : over Edom will I caft out my fhoe ; upon
Philiftia will I triumph.

10 Who will lead me into the ftrong city :
and who will bring me into Edom ?

11 Haft not thou forfaken us, O God : and
wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hofts ?

12 O help us againft the enemy : for vain
is the help of man.

13 Through God we (hall do great a6ls :
and it is he that lhall tread down our enemies.

PSALM 109. Deus laudum.

HOLD not thy tongue, O God of my
praife : for the mouth of the ungodly,
yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened up
on me.

2 And they have fpoken againft me with
falfe tongues : they compafled me about alfo
with words of hatred, and fought againft me
without a caufe.

3 For the love that I had unto them, lo,
they take now my contrary part : but I give
myfelf unto prayer.

4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for
good : and hatred for my good will.

5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over
him : and let Satan ftand at his right hand.

6 When fentence is given upon him, let
him be condemned : and let his prayer be
turned into fin.

22. THE PSALMS.

7 Let his days be few rand let another
take his office.

8 Let his children be fatherlefs : and his
wife a widow.

9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg
their bread : let them feek it alfo out of defo-
late places.

10 Let the extortioner confume all that he
hath : and let the ftranger fpoil his labour.

1 1 Let there be no man to pity him : nor to
have compaffion upon his fatherlefs children.

12 Let his pofterity be deftroyed : and in
the next generation let his name be clean
put out.

13 Let the wickednefs of his fathers be had
in remembrance in the fight of the Lord : and
let not the fin of his mother be done away.

14 Let them alway be before the Lord :
that he may root out the memorial of them
from off the earth ;

15 And that, becaufe his mind was not to
do good : but perfecuted the poor helplefs
man, that he might flay him that was vexed
at the heart.

16 His delight was in curling, and it fhall
happen unto him : he loved not bleffing, there
fore fhall it be far from him.

17 He clothed himfelf with curfing, like as
with a raiment : and it fhall come into his bow
els like water, and like oil into his bones.

THE PSALMS. i%22.

18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that
he hath upon him : and as the girdle that he
is alway girded withal.

19 Let it thus happen from the Lord un
to mine enemies : and to thofe that fpeak evil
againft my foul.

20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God,
according unto thy Name : for fweet is thy
mercy.

2 1 O deliver me, for I am helplefs and poor:
and my heart is wounded within me.

22 I go hence like the fhadow that depart-
eth : and am driven away as the grafshopper.

23 My knees are weak through failing:
my flefh is dried up for want of fatnefs.

24 I became alfo a reproach unto them :
they that looked upon me (haked their heads.

z5 Help me, O Lord my God : O fave me
according to thy mercy ;

26 And they lhall know, how that this is
thy hand : and that thou, Lord, haft done it.

27 Though they curfe, yet blefs thou : and
let them be confounded that rife up againft
me ; but let thy fervant rejoice.

28 Let mine adverfaries be clothed with
Ihame : and let them cover themfelves with
their own confufion, as with a cloke.

29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto
the Lord with my mouth : and praife him
among the multitude ;

Day 23. THE PSALMS.

30 For he fhall ftand at the right hand of
the poor : to fave his foul from unrighteous
judges.

Draper. /?

PSALM 110. Dixit Domimts.

THE Lord faid unto my Lord : Sit thou on
my right hand, until I make thine ene
mies thy footftool.

2 The Lord ihall fend the rod of thy pow
er out of Sion : be thou ruler, even in the
midft among thine enemies.

3 In the day of thy power fhall the people
offer thee free-will offerings with an holy
worfhip : the dew of thy birth is of the womb
of the morning.

4 The Lord fware, and will not repent :
Thou art a Prieft for ever after the order of
Melchifedech.

5 The Lord upon thy right hand : fhall
wound even kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He fhall judge among the heathen ; he
fliall fill the places with the dead bodies : and
finite infunder the heads over divers countries.

7 He fhall drink of the brook in the way :
therefore fhall he lift up his head.

PSALM 111. Conjitebor tibi.

IWill give thanks unto the Lord with my
whole heart : fecretly among the faithful,
and in the congregation.

THE PSALMS. J%23.

2 The works of the Lord are great : fought
out of all them that have pleafure therein.

3 His work is worthy to be praifed, and had
in honour : and his righteoufnefs endureth for
ever.

4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath fo
done his marvellous works : that they ought
to be had in remembrance.

5 He hath given meat unto them that fear
him : he (hall ever be mindful of his covenant.

6 He hath {hewed his people the power of
his works : that he may give them the heri
tage of the heathen.

7 The works of his hands are verity and
judgement : all his commandments are true.

8 They ftand fail for ever and ever : and
are done in truth and equity.

9 He fent redemption unto his people :
he hath commanded his covenant for ever ;
holy and reverend is his Name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wifdom : a good understanding have all
they that do thereafter ; the praife of it en
dureth for ever.

PSALM 112. Beatus vir.

BLESSED is the man that feareth the
Lord : he hath great delight in his com
mandments.

2 His feed {hall be mighty upon earth : the
generation of the faithful {hall be blefled.

Day 23. THE PSALMS.

3 Riches and plenteoufriefs fhall be in his
houfe : and his righteoufnefs endureth for ever.

4 Unto the godly there arifeth up light
in the darknefs : he is merciful, loving, and
righteous.

5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth :
and will guide his words with difcretion.

6 For he fhall never be moved : and the
righteous fhall be had in everlafting remem
brance.

7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings :
for his heart ftandeth faft, and believeth in the
Lord.

8 His heart is eftablifhed, and will not
fhrink : until he fee his defire upon his enemies.

9 He hath difperfed abroad, and given to
the poor : and his righteoufnefs remaiiieth for
ever; his horn ihall be exalted with honour.

10 The ungodly Ihall fee it, and it Ihall
grieve him : he Ihall gnafti with his teeth, and
confume away ; the defire of the ungodly (hall
perilh.

PSALM 113. Laudate,pueri.

PRAISE the Lord, ye fervants : O praife
the Name of the Lord.

2 Blefled be the Name of the Lord : from
this time forth for evermore.

3 The Lord's Name is praifed : from the
rifing up of the fun unto the going down of
the lame.

THE PSALMS. Day 23.

4 The Lord is high above all heathen : and
his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God,
that hath his dwelling fb high : and yet hum-
bleth himfelf to behold the things that are ini
heaven and earth ?

6 He taketh up the fimple out of the duft :
and lifteth the poor out of the mire ;

7 That he may fet him with the princes :1
even with the princes of his people.

8 He maketh the barren woman to keep
houfe : and to be a joyful mother of children. j

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CDening Draper,

PSALM 114. In exitu Ifrael.

WHEN Ifrael came out of Egypt : and
the houfe of Jacob from among the
ftrange people,

2 Judah was his fandhiary : and Ifrael his
dominion.

3 The fea faw that, and fled : Jordan was i
driven back.

4 The mountains fkipped like rams : and i
the little hills like young ftieep.

5 What aileth thee, O thou fea, that thou i
fleddeft : and thou Jordan, that thou waftj
driven back ?

6 Ye mountains, that ye fkipped like rams : ji
and ye little hills, like young deep ?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the prefence of
the Lord : at the prefence of the God of Jacob;

Day 23. THE PSALMS.

8 Who turned the hard rock into a ftand-
ing water : and the flint-ftone into a fpringing
well.

Ps A L M 115. Non nobis, Domine.

NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but
unto thy Name give the praife : for thy
loving mercy, and for thy truth's fake.

2 Wherefore fhall the heathen fay : Where
is now their God ?

3 As for our God, he is in heaven : he
hath done whatfoever pleafed him.

4 Their idols are filver and gold : even the
• work of men's hands.

5 They have mouths, and fpeak not : eyes
have they, and fee not.

6 They have ears, and hear not : nofes have
e they, and fmell not.

7 They have hands, and handle not; feet
! have they, and walk not : neither fpeak they

through their throat.

8 They that make them are like unto them :
and fo are all fuch as put their truft in them.

9 But thou, houfe of^Ifrael, truft thou in
the Lord : he is their fuccour and defence.

10 Ye houfe of Aaron, put your truft in
the Lord : he is their helper and defender.

1 1 Ye that fear the Lord, put your truft in
the Lord : he is their helper and defender.

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us,
f and he fhall blefs us : even he fliall blefs

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THE PSALMS. J%24.|

the houfe of Ifrael, he fhall blefs the houfe of |
Aaron.

13 He ftiall blefs them that fear the Lord :
both fmall and great.

14 The Lord (hall increafe you more and
more : you and your children.

15 Ye are the blefled of the Lord : who
made heaven and earth.

16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's :
the earth hath he given to the children of men.

17 The dead praife not thee, O Lord : nei
ther all they that go down into filence.

18 But we will praife the Lord : from this
time forth for evermore. Praife the Lord.

Draper,

PSALM 116. Dilexi, quoniam.

I Am well pleafed : that the Lord hath heard
the voice of my prayer ;

2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me :
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

3 The fnares of death compafled me round
about : and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.

4 I fhall find trouble and heavinefs, and I
will call upon the Name of the Lord : O Lord,
I befeech thee, deliver my foul.

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous : yea,
our God is merciful.

6 The Lord preferveth the fimple : I was !Q
raifery, and he helped me.

X%24. THE PSALMS.

7 Turn again then unto thy reft, O my
foul : for the Lord hath rewarded thee.

8 And why ? thou haft delivered my foul
from death : mine eyes from tears, and my
feet from falling.

9 I will walk before the Lord : in the land
; of the living.

10 I believed, and therefore will I fpeak;
but I was fore troubled : I faid in my hafte,
All men are liars.

1 1 What reward fhall I give unto the Lord :
i for all the benefits that he hath done unto me?

121 will receive the cup of falvation : and
call upon the Name of the Lord.

131 will pay my vows now in the prefence
of all his people : right dear in the fight of
the Lord is the death of his faints.

14 Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy
iervant : I am thy fervant, and the fon of thine
handmaid ; thou haft broken my bonds in
funder.

151 will offer to thee the facrifice of thankf-
giving : and will call upon the Name of the Lord.

161 will pay my vows unto the Lord, in
the fight of all his people : in the courts of the
Lord's houfe, even in the midft of thee, O
Jerufalem. Praife the Lord.

PSALM 1 1 7 - Laudate Dominum.

O Praife the Lord, all ye heathen : praife
him, all ye nations.

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THE PSALMS. Day 24.

2 For his merciful kindnefs is ever more
and more towards us : and the truth of the
Lord endureth for ever. Praife the Lord.
PSALM 118. Confitemini Domino.

OGive thanks unto the Lord, for he is gra
cious : becaufe his mercy endureth for
ever.

2 Let Ifrael now confefs, that he is graci
ous : and that his mercy endureth for ever.

3 Let the houfe of Aaron now confefs : that
his mercy endureth for ever.

4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord
confefs : that his mercy endureth for ever.

5 I called upon the Lord in trouble : and
the Lord heard me at large.

6 The Lord is on my fide : I will not fear
what man doeth unto me.

7 The Lord taketh my part with them that
help me : therefore fhall I fee my defire upon
mine enemies.

8 It is better to truft in the Lord : than
to put any confidence in man.

9 It is better to truft in the Lord : than
to put any confidence in princes.

10 All nations compafled me round about:
but in the Name of the Lord will I deftroy
them.

11 They kept me in on every fide, they
kept me in, I fay, on every fide : but in the
Name of the Lord will I deftroy them.

Day 24. THE PSALMS. *

12 They came about me like bees, and are
extindt even as the fire among the thorns : for
in the Name of the Lord I will deftroy them.

13 Thou haft thruft fore at me, that I might
fall : but the Lord was my help.

14 The Lord is my ftrength, and my fong:
and is become my falvation.

15 The voice of joy and health is in the
dwellings of the righteous : the right hand of
the Lord bringeth mighty things to pafs.

16 The right hand of the Lord hath the
pre-eminence : the right hand of the Lord
bringeth mighty things to pafs.

17 I lhall not die, but live : and declare the
works of the Lord.

18 The Lord hath chaftened and corrected
me : but he hath not given me over unto death.

19 Open me the gates of righteoufnefs :
that I may go into them, and give thanks un
to the Lord.

20 This is the gate of the Lord : the righte
ous ihall enter into it.

211 will thank thee, for thou haft heard
me : and art become my falvation.

22 The fame ftone which the builders re-
fufed : is become the head-ftone in the corner.

23 This is the Lord's doing : and it is mar
vellous in our eyes.

24 This is the day which the Lord hath
made : we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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THE PSALMS. DayU.

25 Help me now, O Lord : O Lord, fend j
us now profperity.

26 Bleffed be he that cometh in the Name
of the Lord : we have wiftied you good luck,
ye that are of the houfe of the Lord.

27 God is the Lord who hath ihewed us
light : bind the facrifice with cords, yea, even
unto the horns of the altar.

28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee :
thou art my God, and I will praife thee.

29 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is
gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever.

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PSALM 119. Beati immaculati.

BLESSED are thofe that are undefiled in
the way : and walk in the law of the Lord.
; 2 Blefled are they that keep his teftimo-
nies : and feek him with their whole heart.

3 For they who do no wickednefs : walk in
his ways.

4 Thou haft charged : that we Ihall dili
gently keep thy commandments.

5 O that my ways were made fo direcft :
that I might keep thy ftatutes !

6 So fhall I not be confounded : while I
have refpedl unto all thy commandments.

7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned
heart : when I fhall have learned the judge
ments of thy righteoufnefs.

Day24. THE PSALMS.

8 I will keep thy ceremonies : O forfake
me not utterly.

In quo corriget ?

WHEREWITHAL fhall a young man
cleanfe his way : even by ruling him-
felf after thy word.

10 With my whole heart have I fought
thee : O let me not go wrong out of thy
commandments .

1 1 Thy words have I hid within my heart :
that I fhould not fin againft thee.

12 Blefled art thou, O Lord : O teach me
thy ftatutes.

13 With my lips have I been telling : of
all the judgements of thy mouth.

141 have had as great delight in the way of
thy teftimonies : as in all manner of riches.

151 will talk of thy commandments : and
have refpedl unto thy ways.

16 My delight fhall be in thy ftatutes : and
I will not forget thy word.

Retribue fervo tuo.

ODo well unto thy fervant : that I may
live, and keep thy word.

18 Open thou mine eyes : that I may fee
the wondrous things of thy law.

19 I am a ftranger upon earth : O hide
not thy commandments from me.

20 My foul breaketh out for the veiy fer-

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THE PSALMS. Day 24.

vent defire : that it hath alway unto thy judge
ments.

21 Thou haft rebuked the proud : and
curfed are they that do err from thy com
mandments.

22 O turn from me fliame and rebuke :
for I have kept thy teftimonies.

23 Princes alfo did fit and fpeak againft me :
but thy fervant is occupied in thy ftatutes

24 For thy teftimonies are my delight : and
my counsellors.

Adh&Jit pavimento.

MY foul cleaveth to the duft : O quicken
thou me, according to thy word.

26 I have acknowledged my ways, and
thou heardeft me : O teach me thy ftatutes.

27 Make me to underftand the way of thy
commandments : and fo fliall I talk of thy
wondrous works.

28 My foul melteth away for veiyheavinefs:
comfort thou me according unto thy word.

29 Take from me the way of lying : and
caufe thou me to make much of thy law.

30 I have chofen the way of truth : and thy
judgements have I laid before me.

31 I have ftuck unto thy teftimonies : O
Lord, confound me not.

32 I will run the way of thy command
ments : when thou haft fet my heart at li
berty.

Day 25. THE PSALMS.

Corning Draper.

Legempone.

TEACH me, O Lord, the way of thy fta-
tutes : and I (hall keep it unto the end.

34 Give me undemanding, and I lhall keep
thy law : yea, I (hall keep it with my whole

[• heart.

35 Make me to go in the path of thy com
mandments : for therein is my defire.

36 Incline my heart unto thy teftimonies :
and not to covetoufnefs.

37 O turn away mine eyes, left they be
hold vanity : and quicken thou me in thy

[ way.

38 O ftabliih thy word in thy fervant : that
I may fear thee.

39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid
of : for thy judgements are good.

40 Behold, my delight is in thy command
ments : O quicken me in thy righteoufnefs.

Et veniatfuper me.

LET thy loving mercy come alfo unto me,
O Lord : even thy falvation, according
[ unto thy word.

42 So fhall I make anfwer unto my blaf-
phemers : for my truft is in thy word.

43 O take not the word of thy truth ut
terly out of my mouth : for my hope is in thy
judgements.

I

THE PSALMS. Day 25.

44 So fliall I alway keep thy law : yea,
for ever and ever.

45 And I will walk at liberty : for I feek
thy commandments.

46 I will fpeak of thy teftimonies alfo,
even before kings : and will not be alhamed.

47 And my delight fhall be in thy com
mandments : which I have loved.

48 My hands alfo will I lift up unto thy
commandments, which I have loved : and my
ftudy fliall be in thy ftatutes.

Memor ejlo fervi tui.

O Think upon thy fervant, as concerning
thy word : wherein thou haft caufed me
to put my truft.

50 The fame is my comfort in my trouble:
for thy word hath quickened me.

51 The proud have had me exceedingly in
derifion : yet have I not flirinked from thy law.

52 For I remembered thine everlafting
judgements, O Lord : and received comfort.

53 I am horribly afraid : for the ungodly
that forfake thy law.

54 Thy ftatutes have been my fongs : in
the houfe of my pilgrimage.

55 I have thought upon thy Name, O
Lord, in the night-feafon : and have kept
thy law.

56 This I had : beoaufe I kept thy com
mandments.

Day 25. THE PSALMS.

Portio mea, Domine.

THOU art my portion, O Lord : I have
promifed to keep thy law.

58 I made my humble petition in thy pre-
fence with my whole heart : O be merciful
unto me, according to thy word.

59 I called mine own ways to remem
brance : and turned my feet unto thy tefti-
monies.

60 I made hafte, and prolonged not the
time : to keep thy commandments.

61 The congregations of the ungodly have
robbed me : but I have not forgotten thy law.

62 At midnight I will rife to give thanks
unto thee : becaufe of thy righteous judge
ments.

63 I am a companion of all them that fear
thee : and keep thy commandments.

64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mer
cy : O teach me thy ftatutes.

Bonitatemfeci/li.

OLord, thou haft dealt gracioufly with thy
fervant : according unto thy word.
66 O learn me true undemanding and
knowledge : for I have believed thy com
mandments.

P67 Before I was troubled, I went wrong :
ut now have I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good and gracious : O teach
le thy ftatutes.

THE PSALMS. Day 25.

69 The proud have imagined a lie againft
me : but I will keep thy commandments with
my whole heart.

70 Their heart is as fat as brawn : but my
delight hath been in thy law.

71 It is good for me that I have been in
trouble : that I may learn thy ftatutes.

72 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto
me : than thoufands of gold and filver.

Cutting

Manus tuce fecerunt me.

THY hands have made me and fafliioned 1
me : O give me underftanding, that 1 1
may learn thy commandments.

74 They that fear thee will be glad when 1
they fee me : becaufe I have put my truft in jj
thy word.

75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgements \
are right : and that thou of very faithfulnefs
haft caufed me to be troubled.

76 O let thy merciful kindnefs be my com
fort : according to thy word unto thy fervant. I

77 O let thy loving mercies come unto me,
that I may live : for thy law is my delight.

78 Let the proud be confounded, for they
go wickedly about to deftroy me : but I will
be occupied in thy commandments.

79 Let fuch as fear thee, and have known
thy teftimonies : be turned unto me.

Day 25. THE PSALMS.

80 O let my heart be found in thy fta-
tutes : that I be not afhamed.

Defecit anima mea.

MY foul hath longed for thy falvation ••
and I have a good hope becaufe of thy
word.

82 Mine eyes long fore for thy word : fay
ing, O when wilt thou comfort me ?

83 For I am become like a bottle in the
fmoke : yet do I not forget thy ftatutes.

84 How many are the days of thy fervant :
when wilt thou be avenged of them that per-
fecute me ?

85 The proud have digged pits for me :
which are not after thy law.

86 All thy commandments are true : they
perfecute me falfly ; O be thou my help.

87 They had almoft made an end of me
upon earth : but I forfook not thy command
ments.

88 O quicken me after thy loving-kind-
nefs : and fo (hall I keep the teftimonies of thy
mouth.

In sternum, Domine.

OLord, thy word : endureth for ever in
heaven.

90 Thy truth alfo remaineth from one ge
neration to another : thou haft laid the foun
dation of the earth, and it abideth.

THE PSALMS. Day 25.J

91 They continue this day according to
thine ordinance : for all things ferve thee.

92 If my delight had not been in thy law :
I Ihould have perifhed in my trouble.

93 I will never forget thy commandments :
for with them thou haft quickened me.

94 I am thine, O fave me : for I have
fought thy commandments.

95 The ungodly laid wait for me to deftroy
me : but I will confider thy teftimonies.

96 I fee that all things come to an end :
but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Quomodo dileocil

LORD, what love have I unto thy law:
all the day long is my ftudy in it.

98 Thou through thy commandments haft
made me wifer than mine enemies : for they
are ever with me.

99 I have more underftanding than my
teachers : for thy teftimonies are my ftudy.

100 I am wifer than the aged : becaufe I
keep thy commandments.

101 I have refrained my feet from every
evil way : that I may keep thy word.

102 I have not ftirunk from thy judge
ments : for thou teacheft me.

103 O how fweet are thy words unto my
throat : yea, fweeter than honey unto my
mouth.

Day 26. THE PSALMS.

104 Through thy commandments I get un-
derftanding : therefore I hate all evil ways.

Draper.

Lucerna pedibus meis.

THY word is a lantern unto my feet : and
a light unto my paths.

106 I have fworn, and am ftedfaftly pur-
pofed : to keep thy righteous judgements.

107 I am troubled above meafure : quicken
me, O Lord, according to thy word.

108 Let the free-will offerings of my mouth
pleafe thee, O Lord ; and teach me thy judge
ments.

109 My foul is alway in my hand : yet do
I not forget thy law.

110 The ungodly have laid a fnare for me :
but yet I fwerved not from thy command
ments.

111 Thy teftimonies have I claimed as
mine heritage for ever : and why ? they are
the very joy of my heart.

112 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy
ftatutes alway : even unto the end.

Iniquos odio habui.

IHate them that imagine evil things : but
thy law do I love.

114 Thou art my defence and fhield : and
my truft is in thy word.

THE PSALMS. Day 26.

115 Away from me, ye wicked : I will keep!
the commandments of my God.

116 O ftablilh me according to thy word, j
that I may live : and let me not be difap-
pointed of my hope.

117 Hold thou me up, and I (hall be fafe:i
yea, my delight fhall be ever in thy ftatutes. j

118 Thou haft trodden down all them
that depart from thy ftatutes : for they ima-
gine but deceit.

119 Thou putteft away all the ungodly of
the earth like drofs : therefore I love thy tef- j
timonies.

120 My flefh trembleth for fear of thee :
and I am afraid of thy judgements.

Fecijudicium .

I Deal with the thing that is lawful and
right : O give me not over unto mine op-
preffors.

122 Make thou thy fervant to delight in
that which is good : that the proud do me no
wrong.

123 Mine eyes are wafted away with look
ing for thy health : and for the word of thy
righteoufnefs.

124 O deal with thy fervant according un
to thy loving mercy : and teach me thy fta
tutes.

125 I am thy fervant, O grant me under-
ftanding : that I may know thy teftimonies.

Day 26. THE PSALMS.

126 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine
hand : for they have deftroyed thy law.

127 For I love thy commandments : above
gold and precious ftones.

128 Therefore hold I ftraight all thy com
mandments : and all falfe ways I utterly ab
hor.

Mirabilia.

THY teftimonies are wonderful : therefore
doth rny foul keep them.

130 When thy word goeth forth : it giveth
light and underftanding unto the fimple.

131 I opened my mouth, and drew in my
breath : for my delight was in thy command
ments.

132 O look thou upon me, and be merci
ful unto me : as thou ufeft to do unto thofe
that love thy Name.

133 Order my fteps in thy word : and fo
fhall no wickednefs have dominion over me.

134 O deliver me from the wrongful deal
ings of men : and fo (hall I keep thy com-
piandments.

135 Shew the light of thy countenance
upon thy fervant : and teach me thy ftatutes.

136 Mine eyes gufh out with water : be-
caufe men keep not thy law.

Juftus es, Domine.

RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord : and true
is thy judgement.

THE PSALMS. Day 26.

Principes perfecuti funt.

PRINCES have perfecuted me without a
caufe : but my heart ftandeth in awe of
thy word.

162 I am as glad of thy word : as one that
findeth great fpoils.

163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them :
but thy law do I love.

164 Seven times a day do I praife thee :
becaufe of thy righteous judgements.

165 Great is the peace that they have
who love thy law : and they are not offended
at it.

166 Lord, I have looked for thy faving
health : and done after thy commandments.

167 My foul hath kept thy teftimonies :
and loved them exceedingly.

168 I have kept thy commandments and
teftimonies : for all my ways are before thee.

Appropinquet deprecatio.

LET my complaint come before thee, O
Lord : give me underftanding, according
to thy word.

170 Let my fupplication come before thee:
deliver me, according to thy word.

171 My lips fhall fpeak of thy praife :
when thou haft taught me thy ftatutes.

172 Yea, my tongue {hall fing of thy
word : for all thy commandments are right
eous.

Day 27. THE PSALMS.

173 Let thine hand help me : for I have
chofen thy commandments.

174 I have longed for thy faving health,
O Lord : and in thy law is my delight.

175 O let my foul live, and it lhall praife
thee : and thy judgements lhall help me.

176 I have gone aftray like a (heep that
is loft : O feek thy fervant, for I do not for
get thy commandments.

Rowing Draper. ; V

PSALM 120. Ad Domimtm.

WHEN I was in trouble I called upon
the Lord : and he heard me.

2 Deliver my foul, O Lord, from lying
lips : and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What reward (hall be given or done un
to thee, thou falfe tongue : even mighty and
(harp arrows, with hot burning coals.

4 Wo is me, that I am conftrained to dwell
with Mefech : and to have my habitation
among the tents of Kedar.

5 My foul hath long dwelt among them :
that are enemies unto peace.

6 I labour for peace, but when I fpeak
unto them thereof : they make them ready to
battle.

PSALM 121. Levavi oculos.

rWill lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from
whence cometh my help.

Oo 3

THE PSALMS. Z%27.

2 My help cometh even from the Lord :
who hath made heaven and earth.

3 He will not fuffer thy foot to be moved :
and he that keepeth thee will not fleep.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael : ihall nei-
ther (lumber nor fleep.

5 The Lord himfelf is thy keeper : the
Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand ;

6 So th^t the fun fhall not burn thee by
day : neither the moon by night.

7 The Lord fhall preferve thee from all
evil : yea, it is even he that Ihall keep thy
foul.

8 The Lord fhall preferve thy going out,
and thy coming in : from this time forth for
evermore.

PSALM 122. Lcetatus fum.

I Was glad when they faid unto me : We
will go into the houfe of the Lord.

2 Our feet fhall Hand in thy gates : O Je-
rufalem.

3 Jerufalem is built as a city : that is at
unity in itfelf.

4 For thither the tribes go up, even the
tribes of the Lord : to teftify unto Ifrael, to
give thanks unto the Name of the Lord.

5 For there is the feat of judgement : even
the feat of the houfe of David.

6 O pray for the peace of Jerufalem : they
fhall profper that love thee.

Day 27. THE PSALMS.

7 Peace be within thy walls : and plente-
oufnefs within thy palaces.

8 For my brethren and companions' fakes :
I will wifti thee profperity.

9 Yea, becaule of the houfe of the Lord
our God : I will feek to do thee good.

PSALM 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos.

UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes : O thou
that dwelled in the heavens.

2 Behold, even as the eyes of fervants look
unto the hand of their mafters, and as the
eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mif-
trefs : even fo our eyes wait upon the Lord
our God, until he have mercy upon us.

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have
mercy upon us : for we are utterly defpifed.

4 Our foul is filled with the fcornful re
proof of the wealthy : and with the defpiteful-
nefs of the proud.

PSALM 124. Niji quia Dominus.

IF the Lord himfelf had not been on our
fide, now may Ifrael fay : if the Lord him
felf had not been on our fide, when men rofe
up againft us ;

2 They had fwallowed us up quick : when
they were fo wrathfully difpleafed at us.

3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and
the ftream had gone over our foul.

4 The deep waters of the proud : had gone
even over our foul.

O o4

THE PSALMS. Day 27.

5 But praifed be the Lord : who hath not
given us over for a prey unto their teeth.

6 Our foul is efcaped even as a bird out of
the fnare of the fowler : the fnare is broken,
and we are delivered.

7 Our help ftandeth in the Name of the
Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.

PSALM 125. Qui confidunt.

THEY that put their truft in the Lord
fhall be even as the mount Sion : which
may not be removed, but ftandeth faft for
ever.

2 The hills ftand about Jerufalem : even
fo ftandeth the Lord round about his people,
from this time forth for evermore.

3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not
into the lot of the righteous : left the right
eous put their hand unto wickednefs.

4 Do well, O Lord : unto thofe that are
good and true of heart.

5 As for fuch as turn back unto their own
wickednefs : the Lord fhall lead them forth
with the evil-doers ; but peace fhall be upon
Ifrael.

Draper.

PSALM 126. In convertendo.
EN the Lord turned again the cap
tivity of Sion : then were we like unto
them that dream.

THE PSALMS.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laugh
ter : and our tongue with joy.

3 Then faid they among the heathen : The
Lord hath done great things for them.

4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things
for us already : whereof we rejoice.

5 Turn our captivity, O Lord : as the ri
vers in the fouth.

6 They that fow in tears : (hall reap in joy.

7 He that now goeth on his way weeping,
and beareth forth good feed : fliall doubtlefs
come again with joy, and bring his Iheaves
with him.

PSALM 127. Nife Dominus.

EXCEPT the Lord build the houfe : their
labour is but loft that build it.

2 Except the Lord keep the city : the
watchman waketh but in vain.

3 It is but loft labour that ye hafte to rife
up early, and fo late take reft, and eat the
bread of carefulnefs : for fo he giveth his be
loved fleep.

4 Lo, children and the fruit of the womb :
are an heritage and gift that cometh of the
Lord.

5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the
giant : even fo are the young children.

6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver
full of them : they Ihall not be alhamed when
they fpeak with their enemies in the gate.

THE PSALMS. Day 27.

PSALM 128. Beati omnes.

BLESSED are all they that fear the Lord :
and walk in his ways.

2 For thou flialt eat the labours of thine
hands : O well is thee, and happy flialt thou
be.

3 Thy wife fhall be as the fruitful vine :
upon the walls of thine houfe.

4 Thy children like the olive branches
round about thy table.

5 Lo, thus fhall the man be blefled : that
feareth the Lord.

6 The Lord from out of Sion (hall fo blefs
thee : that thou fhalt fee Jerufalem in profpe-
lity all thy life Jong.

7 Yea, that thou fhalt fee thy children's
children : and peace upon Ifrael.

PSALM 129. S&pe expugnaverunt.

MANY a time have they fought againfl
me from my youth up : may Ifrael now
fay.

2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me
from my youth up : but they have not prevail
ed againft me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back : and
made long furrows.

4 But the righteous Lord : hath hewn the
fnares of the ungodly in pieces.

5 Let them be confounded and turned
backward : as many as have evil will at Sion.

Day 27. THE PSALMS.

6 Let them be even as the grafs growing
upon the houfe-tops : which withereth afore it
be plucked up ;

7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand :
neither he that bindeth up the Iheaves his
bofom.

8 So that they who go by fay not fo much
as, The Lord profper you : we wifli you good
luck in the Name of the Lord.

PSALM 130. De profundis.

OUT of the deep have I called unto thee,
O Lord : Lord, hear my voice.

2 O let thine ears confider well : the voice
of my complaint.

3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark
what is done amifs : O Lord, who may a-
bide it ?

4 For there is mercy with thee : therefore
fhalt thou be feared.

5 I look for the Lord ; my foul doth wait
for him : in his word is my truft.

6 My foul fleeth unto the Lord : before the
morning watch, I fay, before the morning
watch.

7 O Ifrael, truft in the Lord, for with the
Lord there is mercy : and with him is plen
teous redemption.

8 And he ftiall redeem Ifrael : from all his
lins.

THE PSALMS. Day 28.

PSALM 131. Domine, non eft.

LORD, I am not high-minded : I have no
proud looks.

2 I do not exercife myfelf in great mat
ters : which are too high for me.

3 But I refrain my foul, and keep it low,
like as a child that is weaned from his mo
ther : yea, my foul is even as a weaned child.

4 O Ifrael, truft in the Lord : from this
time forth for evermore.

^ r u J ^Horning Draper.

PSALM 132. Memento, Domine.

LORD, remember David ; and all his
trouble ;

2 How he fware unto the Lord : and vow
ed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob ;

3 I will not come within the tabernacle of
mine houfe : nor climb up into my bed ;

4 I will not fuifer mine eyes to fleep, nor
mine eye-lids to {lumber : neither the temples
of my head to take any reft ;

5 Until I find out a place for the temple of
the Lord : an habitation for the mighty God
of Jacob.

6 Lo, we heard of the fame at Ephrata :
and found it in the wood.

7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall
low on our knees before his footftool.

Day 28. THE PSALMS.

8 Arife, O Lord, into thy refting-place :
thou, and the ark of thy ftrength.

9 Let thy priefts be clothed with right-
eoufnefs : and let thy faints fing with joyful-
nefs.

10 For thy fervant David's fake : turn not
away the prefence of thine Anointed.

1 1 The Lord hath made a faithful oath
unto David : and he fhall not (brink from it ;

12 Of the fruit of thy body : (hall I fet upon
thy feat.

13 If thy children will keep my covenant,
id my teftimonies that I (hall learn them :

heir children alfo (hall (it upon thy feat for
vermore.

14 For the Lord hath chofen Sion to be
habitation for himfelf : he hath longed for

er.

15 This (hall be my reft for ever : here will
I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

16 I will blefs her victuals with increafe:
d will fatisfy her poor with bread.

171 will deck her priefts with health : and
her faints (hall rejoice and fing.

18 There (hall I make the horn of David
to flourifli : I have ordained a lantern for mine
Anointed.

19 As for his enemies, I (hall clothe them
with (liame : but upon himfelf (hall his crown
flourifli.

THE PSALMS. Day 28.

Ps A L M 1 33 . EC ce, quam bonum !

BEHOLD, how good and joyful a thing
it is : brethren, to dwell together in
unity !

2 It is like the precious ointment upon the
head, that ran down unto the beard : even
unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the
fkirts of his clothing.

3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell
upon the hill of Sion.

4 For there the Lord promifed his bleff-
ing : and life for evermore.

PSALM 134. Ecce mine.

BEHOLD now, praife the Lord : all ye
fervants of the Lord ;

2 Ye that by night ftand in the houfe of
the Lord : even in the courts of the houfe of
our God.

3 Lift up your hands in the fandftuary : and
praife the Lord.

4 The Lord that made heaven and earth :
give thee bleffing out of Sion.

PSALM 135. Laudate Nomen.

O Praife the Lord, laud ye the Name of
the Lord : praife it, O ye fervants of the
Lord ;

2 Ye that ftand in the houfe of the Lord :
in the courts of the houfe of our God.

Day 28. THE PSALMS.

3 O praife the Lord, for the Lord is gra
cious : O fing praifes unto his Name, for it is
lovely.

4 For why ? the Lord hath chofen Jacob
unto himfelf : and Ifrael for his own pof-
feffion.

5 For I know that the Lord is great : and
that our Lord is above all gods.

6 Whatfoever the Lord pleafed, that did
he in heaven, and in earth : and in the fea,
and in all deep places.

7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the
ends of the world : and fendeth forth light
nings with the rain, bringing the winds out
of his treafures.

8 He fmote the firft-born of Egypt : both
of man and beaft.

9 He hath fent tokens and wonders into
! the midft of thee, O thou land of Egypt : up
on Pharaoh, and all his fervants.

10 He fmote divers nations : and flew
mighty kings ;

11 Sehon king of the Amorites, and Og
the king of Bafan : and all the kingdoms of
Canaan ;

12 And gave their land to be an heritage:
even an heritage unto Ifrael his people.

13' Thy Name, O Lord, endureth for ever:
fo doth thy memorial, O Lord, from one ge
neration to another.

THE PSALMS. Day 28.

14 For the Lord will avenge his people :
and be gracious unto his fervants.

15 As for the images of the heathen, they
are but filver and gold : the work of men's
hands.

16 They have mouths, and fpeak not:
eyes have they, but they fee not.

17 They have ears, and yet they hear not :
neither is there any breath in their mouths.

18 They that make them are like unto
them : and fo are all they that put their truft
in them.

19 Praife the Lord, ye houfe of Ifrael :
praife the Lord, ye houfe of Aaron.

20 Praife the Lord, ye houfe of Levi : ye
that fear the Lord, praife the Lord.

21 Praifed be the Lord out of Sion : who
dwelleth at Jerufalem.

Draper.

PSALM 136. Confitemini.

OGive thanks unto the Lord, for he is
gracious : and his mercy endureth for
ever.

2 O give thanks unto the God of all gods :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

3 O thank the Lord of all lords : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

4 Who only doeth great wonders : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

DayZS. THE PSALMS.

5 Who by his excellent wifdom made
the heavens : for his mercy endureth for
ever.

6 Who laid out the earth above the wa
ters : for his mercy endureth for ever.

7 Who hath made great lights : for his
mercy endureth for ever ;

8 The fun to rule the day : for his mercy
endureth for ever ;

9 The moon and the ftars to govern the
night : for his mercy endureth for ever.

10 Who fmote Egypt with their firft-born :
for his mercy endureth for ever ;

11 And brought out Ifrael from among
them : for his mercy endureth for ever ;

12 With a mighty hand, and ftretched out
arm : for his mercy endureth for ever.

13 Who divided the Red fea in two parts :
for his mercy endureth for ever ;

14 And made Ifrael to go through the
midft of it : for his mercy endureth for ever.

15 But as for Pharaoh and his hoft, he
overthrew them in the Red fea : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

16 Who led his people through the wil-
dernefs : for his mercy endureth for ever.

17 Who fmote great kings : for his mercy
endureth for ever ;

18 Yea, and flew mighty kings : for his
mercy endureth for ever ;

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THE PSALMS. Day 28.

19 Sehon king of the Amorites : for his
mercy endureth for ever ;

20 And Og the king of Bafan : for his
mercy endureth for ever ;

21 And gave away their land for an he
ritage : for his mercy endureth for ever ;

22 Even for an heritage unto Ifrael his
fervant : for his mercy endureth for ever.

23 Who remembered us when we were in
trouble : for his mercy endureth for ever ;

24 And hath delivered us from our ene
mies : for his mercy endureth for ever.

25 Who giveth food to all flefli : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

PSALM 137. Super flumina.

BY the waters of Babylon we fat down and
wept : when we remembered thee, O Sion.

2 As for our harps, we hanged them up :
upon the trees that are therein.

3 For they that led us away captive re
quired of us then a fong, and melody, in our
heavinefs : Sing us one of the fongs of Sion.

4 How lhall we ling the Lord's fong : in a
ftrange land ?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerufalem : let my
right hajid forget her cunning.

Day 28. THE PSALMS.

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue
cleave to the roof of my mouth : yea, if I pre
fer not Jerufalem in my mirth.

7 Remember the children of Edom,O Lord,
in the day of Jerufalem : how they laid, Down
with it, down with it, even to the ground.

8 O daughter of Babylon, wafted with mi-
fery : yea, happy fliall be he that rewardeth
thee, as thou haft ferved us.

9 Blefled (hall be he that taketh thy chil
dren : and throweth them againft the ftones.

PSALM 138. Cwifitebor tibi.

I Will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with
my whole heart : even before the gods
will I fing praife unto thee.

2 I will worfhip toward thy holy temple,
,nd praife thy Name, becaufe of thy loving*

kindnefs and truth : for thou haft magnified
thy Name, and thy Word, above all things.

3 When I called upon thee, thou heard-
eft me : and enduedft my foul with much

rength.

4 All the kings of the earth ftiall praife
ee, O Lord : for they have heard the words

of thy mouth.

5 Yea, they lhall fing in the ways of the
[Lord : that great is the glory of the Lord.

6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath
he refpecft unto the lowly : as for the proud,
he beholdeth them afar off.

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7 Though I walk in the midft of trouble, i
yet (halt thou refrefli me : thou fhalt ftretchll
forth thy hand upon the furioufnefs of minej
enemies, and thy right hand fhall fave me.

8 The Lord lhall make good his loving- \\
kindnefs toward me : yea, thy mercy, O Lord,
endureth for ever ; defpife not then the works j
of thine own hands.

^brj / Corning Draper, 1

PSALM 139. Domine, probafti.

OLord, thou haft fearched me out, and!
known me : thou knoweft my down- 1
fitting, and mine up-rifing ; thou underftand- 1
eft my thoughts long before.

2 Thou art about my path, and about my 1
bed : and fpieft out all my ways.

3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue : I
but thou, O Lord, knoweft it altogether.

4 Thou haft falhioned me behind and be- |
fore : and laid thine hand upon me.

5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and
excellent for me : I cannot attain unto it.

6 Whither ftiall I go then from thy fpirit : j
or whither (hall I go then from thy pre-
fence ?

7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there :
if I go down to hell, thou art there alfo.

8 If I take the wings of the morning : and
remain in the uttermoft parts of the fea ;

Day 29. THE PSALMS.

9 Even there alfo fliall thy hand lead me :
and thy right hand fhall hold me.

10 If I fay, Peradventure the darknefs
fliall cover me : then ftiall my night be turn
ed to day.

1 1 Yea, the darknefs is no darknefs with
thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the
darknefs and light to thee are both alike.

12 For my reins are thine : thou haft co
vered me in my mother's womb.

13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous
are thy works, and that my foul knoweth right
well.

14 My bones are not hid from thee :
though I be made fecretly, and falhioned
beneath in the earth.

15 Thine eyes did fee my fubftance, yet
being imperfect : and in thy book were all
my members written;

16 Which day by day were fafliioned :
when as yet there was none of them.

17 How dear are thy counfels unto me, O
God : O how great is the fum of them !

18 If I tell them, they are more in num
ber than the fand : when I wake up I am pre-
fent with thee.

19 Wilt thou not flay the wicked, O God :
depart from me, ye blood-thirfty men.

20 For they fpeak unrighteoufly againft

THE PSALMS. Day 29.

thee : and thine enemies take thy Name in
vain.

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate
thee : and am not I grieved with thofe that
rife up againft thee ?

22 Yea, I hate them right fore : even as
though they were mine enemies.

23 Try me, O God, and feek the ground
of my heart : prove me, and examine my
thoughts.

24 Look well if there be any way of wick-
ednefs in me : and lead me in the way ever-
lafting.

PSALM 140. Eripe me, Domine.

DELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil man :
and preferve me from the wicked man.

2 Who imagine mifchief in their hearts :
and ftir up ftrife all the day long.

3 They have fharpened their tongues like
a ferpent : adder's poifon is under their lips.

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the
ungodly : preferve me from the wicked men,
who are purpofed to overthrow my goings.

5 The proud have laid a fnare for me, and
fpread a net abroad with cords : yea, and fet
traps in my way.

6 I faid unto the Lord, Thou art my God :
hear the voice of my prayers, O Lord.

7 O Lord God, thou ftrength of my health :
thou haft covered my head in the day of battle.

29. THE PSALMS.

8 Let not the ungodly have his defire, O
Lord : let not his mifchievous imagination
profper, left they be too proud.

9 Let the mifchief of their own lips fall upon
j the head of them : that compafs me about.

10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them :
let them be caft into the fire, and into the pit,
that they never rife up again.

1 1 A man full of words ftiall not profper
upon the earth : evil fhall hunt the wicked
perfon to overthrow him.

12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the
poor : and maintain the caufe of the helplefs.

13 The righteous alfo ftiall give thanks
unto thy Name : and the juft fliall continue
in thy fight.

PSALM 141. Domine, clamavi.

LORD, I call upon thee, hafte thee unto
me : and confider my voice when I cry
unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be fet forth in thy fight
as the incenfe : and let the lifting up of my
hands be an evening facrifice.

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth :
and keep the door of my lips.

4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any
evil thing : let me not be occupied in un
godly works with the men that work wick-
ednefs, left I eat of fuch things as pleafe
them.

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THE PSALMS. 1%29.

5 Let the righteous rather finite me friend
ly : and reprove me.

6 But let not their precious balms break
my head : yea, I will pray yet againft their
wickednefs.

7 Let their judges be overthrown in ftony
places : that they may hear my words, for they
are fweet.

8 Our bones lie fcattered before the pit :
like as when one breaketh and heweth wood
upon the earth.

9 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord
God : in thee is my truft, O caft not out my
foul.

10 Keep me from the fnare that they have
laid for me : and from the traps of the wicked
doers.

1 1 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets
together : and let me ever efcape them.

Draper, ^

PSALM 142. Voce mea ad Dommum.

I Cried unto the Lord with my voice : yea,
even unto the Lord did I make my fup-
plication.

2 I poured out my complaints before him :
and (hewed him of my trouble.

3 When my fpirit was in heavinefs thou
kneweft my path : in the way wherein I walk
ed have they privily laid a fnare for me.

Day 29. THE PSALMS.

4 I looked alfo upon my right hand : and
faw there was no man that would know me.

5 I had no place to flee unto : and no man
cared for my foul.

6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and faid :
Thou art my hope, and my portion in the
land of the living.

7 Confider my complaint : for I am brought
very low.

b O deliver me from my perfecutors : for
they are too ftrong for me.

9 Bring my foul out of prifon, that I may
give thanks unto thy Name : which thing if
thou wilt grant me, then fhall the righteous
refort unto my company.

PSALM 143. Domine, exaudi.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and confider
my defire : hearken unto me for thy
truth and righteoufnefs' fake.

2 And enter not into judgement with thy
fervant : for in thy fight ihall no man living
be juftified.

3 For the enemy hath perfecuted my foul ;
he hath fmitten my life down to the ground :
he hath laid me in the darknefs, as the men
that have been long dead.

4 Therefore is my fpirit vexed within me :
and my heart within me is defolate.

5 Yet do I remember the time pail; I

THE PSALMS. Day3Q.

mufe upon all thy works : yea, I exercife my-
felf in the works of thy hands.

6 I ftretch forth my hands unto thee : my
foul gafpeth unto thee as a thirfty land.

7 Hear me, O Lord, and that foon, for my
fpirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face from
me, left I be like unto them that go down
into the pit.

8 O let me hear thy loving-kindnefs be
times in the morning, for in thee is my truft :
fliew thou me the way that I Ihould walk in,
for I lift up my foul unto thee.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies :
for I flee unto thee to hide me.

10 Teach me to do the thing that pleafeth
thee, for thou art my God : let thy loving Spi
rit lead me forth into the land of righteouf-
nefs.

1 1 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name's
fake : and for thy righteoufnefs' fake bring my
foul out of trouble.

12 And of thy goodnefs flay mine ene
mies : and deftroy all them that vex my foul ;
for I am thy fervant.

>r^t-.<i^ Corning Draper,

PSALM 144. BenediSlus Dominus.

BLESSED be the Lord my ftrength : who
teacheth my hands to wai% and my fin
gers to fight ;

Day 30. THE PSALMS.

2 My hope and my fortrefs, my caftle and
deliverer, my defender in whom I truft : who
fubdueth my people that is under me.

3 Lord, what is man, that thou haft fuch
refpecft unto him : or the fon of man, that
thou fo regardeft him ?

4 Man is like a thing of nought : his time
pafleth away like a fhadow.

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down :
touch the mountains, and they ihall fmoke.

6 Caft forth thy lightning, and tear them :
fhoot out thine arrows, and confume them.

7 Send down thine hand from above : de
liver me, and take me out of the great wa
ters, from the hand of ftrange children ;

8 Whofe mouth talketh of vanity : and their
right hand is a right hand of wickednefs.

9 I will fing a new fong unto thee, O God :
and fing praifes unto thee upon a ten-ftringed
lute.

10 Thou haft given vi&ory unto kings :
and haft delivered David thy fervant from the
peril of the fword.

1 1 Save me, and deliver me from the hand
of ftrange children : whofe mouth talketh of
vanity, and their right hand is a right hand
of iniquity.

12 That our fons may grow up as the
young plants : and that our daughters may be
as the p€lifhed corners of the temple.

THE PSALMS. Day 30.

13 That our garners may be full and plen
teous with all manner of ftore : that our fheep
may bring forth thoufands and ten thoufands
in our ftreets.

14 That our oxen may be ftrong to labour,
that there be no decay : no leading into cap
tivity, and no complaining in our ftreets.

15 Happy are the people that are in fuch
a cafe : yea, blefled are the people who have
the Lord for their God.

PSALM 145. Exaltabo te, Deus.

IWill magnify thee, O God, my King : and
I will praife thy Name for ever and ever.

2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee :
and praife thy Name for ever and ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous, wor
thy to be praifed : there is no end of his
greatnefs.

4 One generation (hall praife thy works
unto another : and declare thy power.

5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worfhip :
thy glory, thy praife, and wondrous works ;

6 So that men lhall fpeak of the might of
thy marvellous a6ls : and I will alfo tell of
thy greatnefs.

7 The memorial of thine abundant kind-
nefs fhall be fliewed : and men lhall fing of
thy righteoufnefs.

8 The Lord is gracious, and merciful : long-
fuffering, and of great goodnefs.

I%30. THE PSALMS.

9 The Lord is loving unto every man :
and his mercy is over all his works.

10 All thy works praife thee, O Lord :
and thy faints give thanks unto thee.

1 1 They fhew the glory of thy kingdom :
and talk of thy power ;

12 That thy power, thy glory, and mighti-
nefs of thy kingdom : might be known unto
men.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlafting kingdom :
and thy dominion endureth throughout all
ages.

14 The Lord upholdeth all fuch as fall :
and lifteth up all thofe that are down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O
Lord : and thou giveft them their meat in due
feafon.

16 Thou openeft thine hand : and filleft all
things living with plenteoufnefs.

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways :
and holy in all his works,

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that
call upon him : yea, all fuch as call upon him
faithfully.

19 He will fulfil the defire of them that
fear him : he alfo will hear their cry, and will
help them.

20 The Lord preferveth all them that love
liim : but fcattereth abroad all the ungodly.

21 My mouth fhall fpeak the praife of the

THE PSALMS. Day 30.

Lord : and let all flefli give thanks unto his
holy Name for ever and ever.

PSALM 146. Lauda, anima mea.

PRAISE the Lord, O my foul ; while I
live will I praife the Lord : yea, as long
as I have any being, I will fing praifes unto
my God.

2 O put not your truft in princes, nor in
any child of man : for there is no help in them.

3 For when the breath of man goeth forth
he fhall turn again to his earth : and then all
his thoughts perilh.

4 Bleifed is he that hath the God of Jacob
for his help : and whofe hope is in the Lord
his God ;

5 Who made heaven and earth, the fea,
and all that therein is : who keepeth his pro-
mife for ever ;

6 Who helpeth them to right that fuifer
wrong : who feedeth the hungry.

7 The Lord loofeth men out of prifon : the
Lord giveth fight to the blind.

8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen :
the Lord careth for the righteous.

9 The Lord careth for the ftrangers; he
defendeth the fatherlefs and widow : as for the
way of the ungodly, he turneth it upfide down.

10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, fhall be
King for evermore : and throughout all ge
nerations.

Dai/30. THE PSALMS.

opening Draper.

PSALM 147. Laudate Dommum.

OPraife the Lord, for it is a good thing to
fing praifes unto our God : yea, a joyful
and pleafant thing it is to be thankful.

2 The Lord doth build up Jerufalem : and
gather together the out- calls of Ifrael.

3 He healeth thofe that are broken in
heart : and giveth medicine to heal their
ficknefs.

4 He telleth the number of the ftars : and
calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power :
yea, and his wifdom is infinite.

6 The Lord fetteth up the meek : and
bringeth the ungodly down to the ground.

7 O fing unto the Lord with thankfgiving :
fing praifes upon the harp unto our God ;

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
and prepareth rain for the earth : and maketh
the grafs to grow upon the mountains, and
herb for the ufe of men ;

9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle : and
feedeth the young ravens that call upon him.

10 He hath no pleafure in the ftrength of
an horfe : neither delighteth he in any man's
legs.

1 1 But the Lord's delight is in them that
fear him : and put their truft in his mercy.

THE PSALMS. I%30.

12 Praife the Lord, O Jerufalem : praife
thy God, O Sion.

13 For he hath made faft the bars of thy
gates : and hath blefled thy children within
thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders : and
filleth thee with the flour of wheat.

15 He fendeth forth his commandment up
on earth : and his word runneth very fwiftly.

16 He giveth fnow like wool : and fcatter-
eth the hoar-froft like afhes.

17 He cafteth forth his ice like morfels :
who is able to abide his froft ?

18 He fendeth out his word, and melteth
them : he bloweth with his wind, and the
waters flow.

19 He Iheweth his word unto Jacob : his
ftatutes and ordinances unto Ifrael.

20 He hath not dealt fo with any nation :
neither have the heathen knowledge of hi&
laws.

PSALM 148. Laudate Dominum.

O Praife the Lord of heaven : praife him
in the height.

2 Praife him, all ye angels of his : praife
him, all his hoft.

3 Praife him, fun and moon : praife him/
all ye ftars and light.

4 Praife him, all ye heavens : and ye wa
ters that are above the heavens.

Day30. THE PSALMS.

5 Let them praife the Name of the Lord :
for he fpake the word, and they were made ;
he commanded, and they were created.

6 He hath made them fait for ever and
ever : he hath given them a law which fhall
not be broken.

7 Praife the Lord upon earth : ye dragons,
and all deeps ;

8 Fire and hail, fnow and vapours : wind
and ftorm, fulfilling his word ;

9 Mountains and all hills : fruitful trees
and all cedars ;

10 Beafts and all cattle : worms and fea
thered fowls ;

11 Kings of the earth and all people :
princes and all judges of the world ;

12 Young men and maidens, old men and
children, praife the Name of the Lord : for

ihis Name only is excellent, and his praife
above heaven and earth.

13 He ftiall exalt the horn of his people ;
all his faints {hall praife him : even the chil
dren of Ifrael, even the people that ferveth
him.

PSALM 149. Cantate Domino.

OSing unto the Lord a new fong : let the
congregation of faints praife him.
2 Let Ifrael rejoice in him that made him :
and let the children of Sion be joyful in their
King.

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THE PSALMS. Day 30.

3 Let them praife his Name in the dance :
let them ling praifes unto him with tabret
and harp.

4 For the Lord hatlr pleafure in his peo
ple : and helpeth the meek-hearted.

5 Let the faints be joyful with glory : let
them rejoice in their beds.

6 Let the praifes of God be in their
mouth : and a two-edged fword in their
hands 5

japbj To be* avenged of the heathen : and to
rebuke the people ;

-£pjS To bind their kings in chains : and their
nobles with links of iron.

9 That they may be avenged of them, as
it is written : Such honour have all his faints.

PSALM 150. Laudate Dominum.

i

O Praife God in his holinefs : praife him in
the firmament of his power.

2 Praife him in his noble a6ls : praife him
according to his excellent greatnefs.

3 Praife him in the found of the trumpet :
praife him upon the lute and harp.

4 Praife him in the cymbals and dances :
praife him upon the firings and pipe.

5 Praife him upon the well-tuned cymbals :
praife him upon the loud cymbals.

6 Let every thing that hath bre&t&^praife
the Lord.

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

f The Morning and Evening Serrice to be used daily at Sea shall be the same which is appointed
in the Book of Common Pntyer.

f These two following Prayers are to be also
used in his Majesty's Nary every day.

O Eternal Lord God, who
alone spreadest out the
heavens, and rulest the rag
ing of the sea; who hast
compassed the waters with
bounds until day and night
come to an end ; Be pleased
to receive into thy Almighty
and most gracious protection
the persons of us thy ser
vants, and the Fleet in which
we serve. Preserve us from
the dangers of the sea, and
from the violence of the ene
my ; that we may be a safe
guard unto our most graci
ous Sovereign Lord, King
GEORGE, and his Domi
nions, and a security for such
as pass on the seas upon their
lawful occasions; that the
inhabitants of our IslanJ may
in peace and quietness serve
thee our God; and that we
may return in safety to enjoy
the blessings of the land,
with the fruits of our la
bours, and with a thankful
remembrance of thy mercies
to praise and glorify thy holy
Name ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

The Collect.

PREVENT us, O Lord, in
all our doings, with thy
most gracious favour, and
further us with thy continual
help; that m all our works

begun, continued, and ended
in thee, we may glorify thy
holy Name, and finally by
thy mercy obtain everlasting
life; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

U Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea.

OMost powerful and glo
rious Lord God, at
whose command the winds
blow, and lift up the waves
of the sea, and who stillest
I the rage thereof; We thy
creatures, but miserable sin
ners, do in this our great
distress cry unto thee for
help : Save, Lord, or else we
perish. We confess, when we
have been safe, and seen all
things quiet about us, we
have forgot thee our God,
and refused to hearken to
the still voice of thy word,
and to obey thy command
ments : But now we see, how
terrible thou art in all thy
works of wonder ; the great
God to be feared above all :
And therefore we adore thy
Divine Majesty, acknowledg
ing thy power, and imploring
thy goodness. Help, Lord,
and save us for thy mercy's
sake in Jesus Christ thy Son,
our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

OMost glorious and gra
cious Lord God, who
dwellest in heaven, but be-

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Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

boldest all things below;
Look down, we beseech thee,
and hear us, calling out of
the depth of misery, and out
of the jaws of this death,
which is ready now to swal
low us up: Save, Lord, or
else we perish. The living,
the living, shall praise thee.
O send thy word of com
mand to rebuke the raging
winds, and the roaring sea;
that we, being delivered from
this distress, may live to
serve thee, and to glorify thy
Name all the days of our
life. Hear, Lord, and save
us, for the infinite merits of
our blessed Saviour, thy Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

* The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea
against any Enemy.

OMost powerful and glo
rious Lord God, the
Lord of hosts, that rules t and
commandest all things; Thou
sittest in the throne judging
right, and therefore we make
our address to thy Divine
Majesty in this our necessity,
that thou wouldest take the
cause into thine own hand,
and judge between, us and
our enemies. Stir up thy
strength, O Lord, and come
and help us ; for thou givest
not alway the battle to the
strong, but canst save by
many or by few. O let not
our sins now cry against us
for vengeance; but hear us
thy poor servants begging

mercy, and imploring thy
help, and that thou wouldest
be a defence unto us against
the face of the enemy. Make
it appear that thou art our
Saviour and mighty Deli
verer; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

U Short Prayers for single persons, that can
not meet to join in Prayer with others, by
reason of I he Fight, or Storm.

General Prayers.

LORD, be merciful to us
sinners, and save us for
thy mercy's sake.

Thou art the great God,
that hast made and rules t all
things: O deliver us for thy
Name's sake.

Thou art the great God to
be feared above all: O save
us, that we may praise thee.

Special Prayws with respect to the
Enemy.

THOU, O Lord, art just
and powerful : O defend
our cause against the face of
the enemy.

O God, thou art a strong
tower of defence to all that
flee unto thee: O save us
from the violence of the
enemy.

O Lord of hosts, fight for
us, that we may glorify thee.

O suffer us not to sink un
der the weight of our sins, or
the violence of the enemy.

O Lord, arise, help us, and
deliver us for thy Name's
sake.

Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

Short Prayers in respect of a Storm.

THOU, O Lord, that still
est the raging of the
sea, hear, hear us, and save
us, that we perish not.

O blessed Saviour, that
didst save thy disciples ready
to perish in a storm, hear us,
and save us, we beseech thee.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

O Lord, hear us.

O Christ, hear us.

God the Father, God the
Son, God the Holy Ghost,
have mercy upon us, save us
now and evermore. Amen.

OUR Father, which art in
heaven, Hallowed be
thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in
earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, As we forgive them
that trespass against us. And
lead us not into temptation ;
But deliver us from evil : For
thine is the kingdom, The
power, and the glory, For
ever and ever. Amen.

7 WTien there shall be imminent danger, as
many as can be spared from necessary ser
vice in the Ship shall be called together, and
make an humble Confession of their sin to
God : In which every one ought seriously to
reflect upon those particular sins of which his
conscience shall accuse him; saying as fol-
lowetht

The Confession.

A LMIGHTY God, Fa-
-IX ther of our Lord Jesus
Christ, Maker of all things,

Judge of all men; We ac
knowledge and bewail our
manifold sins and wickedness,
Which * we, from time to
time, most grievously have
committed, By thought, word,
and deed, Against thy Divine
Majesty, Provoking most just
ly thy wrath and indignation
against us. We do earnestly
repent, And are heartily sorry
for these our misdoings ; The
remembrance of them is griev
ous unto us ; The burden of
them is intolerable. Have
mercy upon us, Have mercy
upon us, most merciful Fa
ther; For thy Son our Lord
Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive
us all that is past; And grant
that we may ever hereafter
Serve and please thee In new
ness of life, To the honour
and glory of thy Name;
Through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

1T Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the
Ship, pronounce this Absolution,

A LMIGHTY God, our
JLJL heavenly Father, who
of his great mercy hath pro
mised forgiveness of sins to
all them that with hearty re
pentance and true faith turn
unto him ; Have mercy upon
you ; pardon and deliver you
from all your sins ; confirm
and strengthen you in all
goodness, and bring you to
everlasting life ; through Je
sus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Qqa

Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

Thanksgiving after a Storm,

Jubilate Deo. Psalm Ixvi.

OBe joyful in God, all ye
lands : sing praises unto
the honour of his Name,
make his praise to be glori-

Say unto God, O how
wonderful art thou in thy
works : through the great
ness of thy power shall thine

enemies be found liars unto

.

thee.

For all the world shall
worship thee : sing of thee,
and praise thy Name.

O come hither, and behold
the works of God : how won
derful he is in his doing to
ward the children of men.

He turned the sea into dry
land : so that they went
through the water on foot;
there did we rejoice thereof.

He ruleth with his power
for ever ; his eyes behold the
people : and such as will not
believe shall not be able to
exalt themselves.

O praise our God, ye peo
ple : and make the voice of
his praise to be heard;

Who holdeth our soul in
life : and suffereth not our
feet to slip.

For thou, O God, hast
proved us : thou also hast
tried us, like as silver is tried.

Thou broughtest us into
the snare : and laidest trou
ble upon our loins.

Thou sufferedst men to

ride over our heads : we went
through fire and water, and
thou broughtest us out into a
wealthy place

I will go into thine horise
with burnt-offerings : and
will pay thee my vows, which
I promised with my lips, and
spake with my mouth, when
I was in trouble.

I will offer unto thee fat
burnt-sacrifices, with -the in
cense of rams : I will offer
bullocks and goats.

0 come hither, and heark
en, all ye that fear God : and
I will tell you what he hath
done for my soul.

1 called unto him with my
mouth : and gave him praises
with my tongue.

If I incline unto wicked
ness with mine heart : the
Lord will not hear me.

But God hath heard me :
and considered the voice of
my prayer.

Praised be God who hath
not cast out my prayer : nor
turned his mercy from me.

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son : and to the
Holy Ghost ;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.
Cortfitemitti Domino. Psalm cvii.

O'Givc thanks unto the
Lord, for he is gracious :
and his mercy endureth for
ever.

Let them give thanks

Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

whom the Lord hath redeem
ed : and delivered from the
hand of the enemy ;

And gathered them out of
the lands, from the east, and
from the west : from the
north, and from the south.

They went astray in the
wilderness out of the way :
and found no city to dwell
in;

Hungry and thirsty : their
soul fainted in them.

So they cried unto the
Lord in their trouble : and he
delivered them from their
distress.

He led them forth by the
right way : that they might
go to the city where they
dwelt.

O that men would there
fore praise the Lord for his
goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for
the children of men !

For he satisfieth the empty
soul : and filleth the hungry
soul with goodness.

Such as sit in darkness, and
in the shadow of death :
being fast bound in misery
and iron ;

Because they rebelled a-
gainst the words of the Lord :
and lightly regarded the
counsel of the most Highest ;

He also brought down their
heart through heaviness :
they fell down, and there was
none to help them.

So when they cried unto

the Lord in their trouble : he
delivered them out of their
distress.

For he brought them out
of darkness, and out of the
shadow of death : and brake
their bonds in sunder.

O that men would there
fore praise the Lord for his
goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the
children of men!

For he hath broken the
gates of brass : and smitten
the bars of iron in sunder.

Foolish men are plagued
for their oifence : and because
of their wickedness.

Their soul abhorred all
manner of meat : and they
were even hard at death's
door.

So when they cried unto
the Lord in their trouble : he
delivered them out of their
distress. "*u

He sent his word, and
healed them : and they were
saved from their destruction.

O that men would there
fore praise the Lord for his
goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for
the children of men !

That they would offer unto
him the sacrifice of thanks
giving : and tell out his works
with gladness !

They that go down to the
sea in ships : and occupy
their business in great waters ;

These men see the works

Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

of the Lord : and his wonders
in the deep.

For at his word the stormy
wind ariseth : which lifteth
up the waves thereof.

They are carried up to the
heaven, and down again to
the deep : their soul melteth
away because of the trouble.

They reel to and fro, and
stagger like a drunken man :
and are at their wit's end.

So when they cry unto the
Lord in their trouble. : he de-
livereth them out of their
distress.

For he maketh the storm
to cease : so that the waves
thereof are still.

Then are they glad, be
cause they are at rest : and so
he bringeth them unto the
haven where they would be.

O that men would there
fore praise the Lord for his
goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for
the children of men !

That they would exalt him
also in the congregation of
the people : a"nd praise him in
the seat of the elders !

Who turneth the floods in
to a wilderness : and drieth
up the water-springs.

A fruitful land maketh he
barren : for the wickedness
of them that dwell therein.

Again, he maketh the wil
derness a standing water : and
water-springs of a dry ground.

And there he setteth the

hungry : that they may build
them a city to dwell in;

That they may sow their
land, and plant vineyards : to
yield them fruits of increase.

He blesserb them, so that
they multiply exceedingly :
and suffereth not their cattle
to decrease.

And again, when they are
minished, and brought low :
through oppression, through
any plague, or trouble ;

Though he suffer them to
be evil intreated through
tyrants : and let them wan
der out of the way in the
wilderness ;

Yet helpeth he the poor
out of misery : and maketh
him housholds like a flock of
sheep.

The righteous will consider
this, and rejoice : and the
mouth of all wickedness shall
be stopped.

Whoso is wise will ponder
these things : and they shali
understand the loving:kind-
ness of the Lord.

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son : and to the
Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be ;
world without end. Amen.

Collects of Thanksgiving.

OMost blessed and glori
ous Lord God, who art
of infinite goodness and mer
cy; We thy poor creatures,
whom thou hast made and

Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

preserved, holding our souls
in life, and now rescuing us
out of the jaws of death,
humbly present ourselves a-
gain before thy Divine Ma
jesty, to oifer a sacrifice of
praise and thanksgiving, for
that thou heardest us when
we called in our trouble, and
didst not cast out our prayer,
which we made before thee
in our great distress: Even
when we gave all for lost,
our ship, our goods, our lives,
then didst thou mercifully
look upon us, and wonder
fully command a deliverance ;
for which we, now being in
safety, do give all praise and
glory to thy holy Name;
through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

Or this.

OMost mighty and graci
ous good God, thy mer
cy is over all thy works, but
in special manner hath been
extended toward us, whom
thou hast so powerfully and
wonderfully defended. Thou
1 hast shewed us terrible things,
j and wonders in the deep, that
we might see how powerful
and gracious a God thou art ;
I how able and ready to help
I them that trust in thee. Thou
( hast shewed us how both
! winds and seas obey thy com
mand ; that we may learn,
even from them, hereafter to
! obey thy voice, and to do thy
will. We therefore bless and

glorify thy Name, for this
thy mercy in saving us, when
we were ready to perish. And,
we beseech thee, make us as
truly sensible now of thy
mercy, as we were then of
the danger: and give us
hearts always ready to ex
press our thankfulness, not
only by words, but also by
our lives, in being more obe
dient to thy holy command
ments. Continue, we be
seech thee, this thy goodness
to us; that we, whom thou
hast saved, may serve thee in
holiness and righteousness all
the days of our life ; through
Jesus Christ our -Lord and
Saviour. Amen.

An Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiv
ing after a dangerous Tempest.

OCome, let us give thanks
unto the Lord, for he is
gracious : and his mercy en-
dureth for ever.

Great is the Lord, and
greatly to be praised ; let the
redeemed of the Lord say so :
whom he hath delivered from
the merciless rage of the sea.

The Lord is gracious and
full of compassion : slow to
anger, and of great mercy.

He hath not dealt with us
according to our sins : nei
ther rewarded us according
to our iniquities.

But as the heaven is high
above the earth : so great
hath been his mercy towards
us.

Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

We found trouble and hea
viness : we were even at
death's door.

The waters of the sea had
well-nigh covered us : the
proud waters had well-nigh
gone over our soul.

The sea roared : and the
stormy wind lifted up the
waves thereof.

We were carried up as it
were to heaven, and then
down again into the deep :
our souj melted within us,
because of trouble ;

Then cried we unto thee,
O Lord : and thou didst deli
ver us out of our distress.

Blessed be thy Name, who
didst not despise the prayer of
thy servants : but didst hear
our cry, and hast saved us.

Thou didst send forth thy
commandment : and the
windy, storm ceased, and was
turned into a calm.

O let us therefore praise
the Lord for his goodness :
and declare the wonders that
he hath done, and still doeth
for the children of men.

Praised be the Lord daily :
even the Lord that helpeth
us, and poureth his benefits
upon us.

j He is our God, even the
God of whom cometh salva
tion : God is the Lord by
whom we have escaped
death.

Thou, Lord, hast made us
glad through the operation of

thy hands : and we will tri
umph in thy praise.

Blessed be the Lord God :
even the Lord God, who
only doeth wondrous things ;

And blessed be the Name
of his Majesty for ever : and
let every one of us say, Amen,
Amen.

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son : and to the
Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii.

nnHE grace of our Lord
JL Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the fellow
ship of the Holy Ghost, be
with us all evermore. Amen.

After Victory or Deliverance
from an Enemy.

A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and
Thanksgiving after Victory.

IF the Lord had not been
on our side, now may we
say : if the Lord himself had
not been on our side, when
men rose up against us ;

They had swallowed us up
quick : when they were so
wrathfully displeased at us.

Yea, the waters had drown
ed us, and the stream had
gone over our soul : the deep
waters of the proud had gone
over our soul.

But praised be the Lord :
who hath not given us over
as a prey unto them.

Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.

The Lord hath wrought : a
mighty salvation for us.

We gat not this by our
own sword, neither was it
our own arm that saved us :
but thy right hand, and thine
arm, and the light of thy
countenance, because thou
hadst a favour unto us.

The Lord hath appeared
for us : the Lord hath cover
ed our heads, and made us to
stand in the day of battle.

The Lord hath appeared
for us : the Lord hath over
thrown our enemies, and
dashed in pieces those that
rose up against us.

Therefore not unto us, O
Lord, not unto us : but unto
thy Name be given the glory.

The Lord hath done great
things for us : the Lord hath
done great things for us, for
which we rejoice.

Our help standeth in the
Name of the Lord : who hath
made heaven and earth.

Blessed be the Name of
the Lord : from this time
forth for evermore.

Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son : and to the Holy
Ghost ;

As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be :
world without end. Amen.

* After this Hymn may be sung the

Te Deum.
* Then this Collect.

O Almighty God, the So
vereign Commander of
all the world, in whose hand

is power and might which
none is able to withstand ;
We bless and magnify thy
great and glorious Name for
this happy Victory, the whole
glory whereof we do ascribe
to thee, who art the only
giver of Victory. And, we
beseech thee, give us grace to
improve this great mercy to
thy glory, the advancement
of thy Gospel, the honour of
our Sovereign, and, as much
as in us lieth, to the good
of all mankind. And. we
beseech thee, give us such a
sense of this great mercy, as
may engage us to a true thank
fulness, such as may appear in
our lives by an humble, holy,
and obedient walking before
thee all our days, through
Jesus Christ our Lord ; to
whom with thee and the
Holy Spirit, as for all thy
mercies, so in particular for
this Victory and Deliverance,
be all glory and honour, world
without end. Amm.
2 Cor. xiii.

THE grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the fellow
ship of the Holy Ghost, be
with us all evermore. Amen.

At the Burial of their Dead
at Sea.

IT The Office in the Common Prayer-book
may it used ; only instead of these words
[We therefore commit his body to tlu^
ground, earth to earth, £c.] say,

W

E therefore commit his
body to the deep, to

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be turned into corruption,
looking for the resurrection
of the body, (when the Sea
shall give up her dead,) and
the life of the world to come,

through our Lord Jesus
&

, j*.

Christ; who at his coming j
shall change our vile body,
that it may be like his glorious
body, according to the mighty
working, whereby he is able
to subdue all things to him self, i

A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING,

TO BE USED YEARLY UPON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER,

For the happy Deliverance of King JAMES I. and the Three Estates of |j
ENGLAND, from the most traiterous and bloody-intended Massacre by Gun- j
powder: And also for the happy Arrival of his Majesty King WILLIAM on this
Day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation.

<i The Minister of every Parish shall give warning to his Parishioners publickly in the Church
at Morning Prayer, the Sunday before, for the due Observation of the said Day. And after j
Morning Prayer, or Preaching, upon the said Fifth Day of November, shall read nublickly, I
distinctly, and plainly, the Act of Parliament, made in the Third Year of King James the
First, f oi' the Observation of it.

q Tlie Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy-days in all things ; eiccept where j
it is hereafter otherwise appointed.

«r If this Day shall happen to be Sunday, only the Collect proper for that Sunday shall be added |
to this Office in its place.

Morning Prayer slw.ll begin with
Sentences.

these

TH E Lord is full of compassion,
and mercy : longsuffering, and
of great goodness. Psalm ciii. 8.

He will not ahvay be chiding :
neither keepeth he his anger for ever.
verse 9.

He hath not dealt with us after our
sins : nor rewarded us according to
our wickedness, verse 10.

<ff Instead of Venite exultemus shall this
Hymn following be used ; one Verse by the
Priest, and another by the Clerk and
people.

OGive thanks unto the Lord, for
he is gracious : and his mercy
endureth for ever. Psalm cvli. 1.

Let them give thanks, whom the
Lord hath redeemed : and delivered
from the hand of the enemy, verse 2.
Many a time have they fought
against me from my youth up : may
Israel now say. Psalm cxxix. 1.

Yea, many a time have they vtaed
me from my youth up : but they have
not prevailed against me. verse 2.

They have privily laid their net to
destroy me without .a cause : yea,
even without a cause have they made
a pit for my soul. Psalm xxxv. 7-

They have laid a net for my feett
and pressed down my soul : they have
digged a pit before me, and are fallen
into the midst of it themselves. Psalm
Ivii. 7.

Great is our Lord, and great is his
power : yea, and his wisdom is infi
nite. Psalm cxlvii. 5.

The Lord setteth up the meek:
and bringeth the ungodly down to
the ground, verse 6.

Let thy hand be upon the man of
thy right hand : and upon the son of
man whom thou madest so strong for
thine own self. Psalm Ixxx. 1 7.

And so will not we go lack from

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thee : O let us live, and we shall call
upon thy Name, verse 18.

Glory be ta the Father, and to
the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ;

As it was in the beginning* is now,
and ever shall be : world without end.
Amen.
Proper Psalms. Ixiv, cxxiv, cxxv.

Proper Lessons.
The First, 2 Samuel xxii.

Te Deum.

The Second, Acts xxiii.
Jubilate.

f In the Suffrages after the Creed these shall
be inserted and used for the King.

Priest. O Lord, save the King ;

People. Who putteth his trust in
thee.

Priest. Send him help from thy
holy place.

People. And evermore mightily de
fend him.

Priest. Let his enemies have no
advantage against him.

People. Let not the wicked ap
proach to hurt him.

1T Instead of the first Collect at Morning

Prayer shall these two be used.
\ LMIGHTY God, who hast in
J^\. all ages shewed thy Power and
Mercy in the miraculous and gra
cious deliverances of thy Church,
and in the protection of righteous
and religious Kings and States pro
fessing thy holy and eternal truth,
from the wicked conspiracies, and
malicious practices of all the ene
mies thereof: We yield thee our
unfeigned thanks and praise, for
the wonderful and mighty Deliver
ance of our gracious Sovereign King
James the First, the Queen, the
Prince, and all the Royal Branches,
with the Nobility, Clergy, and Com
mons of England, then assembled in
Parliament, by Popish treachery ap
pointed as sheep to the slaughter, in a
most barbarous and savage manner,
beyond the examples of former ages.
From this unnatural Conspiracy, not
our merit, but thy mercy; not our
foresight, but thy providence delivered

us: And therefore not unto us, O
Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name
be ascribed all honoiw and glory, in
all Churches of the saints, from gene
ration to generation; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

ACCEPT also, most gracious
God, of our unfeigned thanks
for filling our hearts again with joy
and gladness, after the time that thou
hadst afflicted us, and putting a new
song into our mouths, by bringing
His Majesty King William, upon
this day, for the Deliverance of our
Church and Nation from Popish
Tyranny and arbitrary power. We
adore the wisdom and justice of thy
Providence, which so timely interpos
ed in our extreme danger, and disap
pointed all the designs of our enemies.
We beseech thee, give us such a
lively and lasting sense of what thou
didst then, and hast since that time
done for us, that we may not grow se
cure and careless in our obedience, by
presuming upon thy great and unde
served goodness ; but that it may lead
us to repentance, and move us to be
the more diligent and zealous in all
the duties of our Religion, which thou
hast in a marvellous manner preserved
to us. Let truth and justice, brotherly
kindness and charity, devotion and
piety, concord and unity, with all other
virtues, so flourish among us, that they
may be the stability of our times, and
make this Church a praise in the
earth. All which we humbly beg for
the sake of our blessed Lord and Sa
viour. Amen.

H In the end of the Litany (u-hich shall alway»
this Day be used) after the Collect [We
humbly beseech thee, O Father, 8fc.] shall
this be said which followeth.

ALMIGHTY God and hea
venly Father, who of thy graci
ous Providence, and tender mercy to
wards us, didst prevent the malice and
imaginations of our enemies, by disco
vering and confounding their horrible
and wicked Enterprize, plotted and
intended this day to have been ex*

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ecuted against the King, and the
whole State of England, for the sub
version of the Government ami Reli
gion established among us; and didst
likewise upon this day wonderfully
conduct thy Servant King William, and
bring him safely into England, to
preserve us from the attempts of our
enemies to bereave us of our Religion
and Laws: We most humbly praise
and magnify thy most glorious Name
for thy unspeakable goodness towards
us, expressed in both these acts of thy
mercy. We confess it has been of thy
mercy alone, that we are not con
sumed: for our sins have cried to
heaven against us ; and our iniquities
justly called for vengeance upon us.
But thou hast not dealt with us after
our sins, nor rewarded us after our
iniquities; nor given us over, as we
deserved, to be a prey to our ene
mies ; but hast in merey delivered us
from their malice, and preserved us
from death and destruction. Let the
consideration of this thy repeated
goodness, O Lord, work in us true
repentance, that iniquity may not be
our ruin. And increase in us more
and more a lively faith and love, fruit
ful in all holy obedience ; that thou
mayest still continue thy favour, with
the light of thy Gospel, to us and
our posterity for evermore; and
that for thy dear Son's sake, Jesus
Christ our only Mediator and Advo
cate. Amen.

* Instead of the Prayer [In time of War and
Tumults] shall be used this Prayer fol
lowing.

OLord, who didst this day disco
ver the snares of death that
were laid for us, and didst wonder
fully deliver us from the same; Be
thou still our mighty Protector, and
scatter our enemies that delight in
Wood: Infatuate and defeat their
counsels, abate their pride, asswage
their malice, and confound their de
vices. Strengthen the hands of our
gracious Sovereign King GEORGE,
and all that are put in authority under

him, with judgement and justice to
cut off all such workers of iniquity, as i
turn Religion into Rebellion, and
Faith into Faction; that they may
never prevail against us, or triumph i
in the ruin of thy Church among 1 1
us: but that our gracious. Sovereign, I
and his Realms, being preserved in thy I
true Religion, and by thy merciful !
goodness protected in the same, \ve
may all duly serve thee, and give thee
thanks in thy holy congregation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

1T In the Communion Service, instead of the \
Collect for the Day, shall this wkichfollow-
eth be used.

ETERNAL God, and our most |
mighty Protector, we thy un
worthy servants do humbly present j
ourselves before thy Majesty, ac
knowledging thy power, wisdom, and j
goodness, in preserving the King, and
the Three Estates of the Realm of i
England assembled in Parliament, i
from the destruction this day intended
against them. Make us, we beseech
thee, truly thankful for this, and for
all other thy great mercies towards
us; particularly for making tiiis day j
again memorable, by a fresh instance
of thy loving-kindness towards us.
We bless thee for giving his late
Majesty King William a safe arrival
here, and for making all opposition
fall before him, till he became our
King and Goveruour. We beseech
thee to protect and defend our So
vereign King GEORGE, and all the
Royal Family, from all treasons and
conspiracies ; Preserve him in thy
faith, fear, and love; Prosper his
Reign with long happiness here on
earth ; and crown him with everlast
ing glory hereafter; through Jesus
Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer.
Amen.

The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 1.

LET every soul be subject unto
the higher powers ; for there is
no power, but of God : the powers
that be are ordained of God. Who
soever therefore resisteth the power

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resisteth tlie ordinance of God ; and
they that resist shall receive to them
selves damnation. For rulers are not
a terror to good works, but to the
evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of
the power] do that which is good,
and thou shalt have praise of the
same: for he is the minister of God
to thee for good. But if thou do that
which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth
not the sword in vain : for he is the
minister of God, a revenger to execute
wrath upon him that doeth evil. Where
fore ye must needs be subject, not
only for wrath, but also for conscience
take. For for this cause pay ye tribute
also; for they are God's ministers,
attending continually upon this very
thing. Render therefore to all their
dues ; tribute to whom tribute is due,
custom to whom custom, fear to whom
fear, honour to whom honour.

The Gospel. St. Luke ix. 51.

AND it came to pass, when the
time was come that he should
be received up, he stedfastly set his
face to go to Jerusalem, and sent
messengers before his face ; and they
went and entered into a village of the
Samaritans, to make ready for him :
And they did not receive him, because
his face was as though he would go to
Jerusalem. And when his disciples
James and John saw this, they said,
Lord, wilt thou that we command fire
to come down from heaven, and con
sume them, even as Elias did 7 But
he turned and rebuked them, and
said, Ye know not what manner of
spirit ye are of: For the Son of mau

is not come to destroy men's lives, but
to save them. And they went to an
other village.

U After the Creed, if there be no Sernwn,
shall be read one of tlie six Homilies against
Rebellion.

f This Sentence is to be read at the Offertory.
Whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to
them ; for this is the Law and the
Prophets. St. Matth. vii. 12.

U After the Prayer for the Church militant
this following Prayer is to be used.

OGod, whose Name is excellent
in all the earth, and thy glory
above the heavens ; who on this day
didst miraculously preserve our Church
and State from the secret contrivance
and hellish malice of Popish conspira
tors ; and on this day also didst begin
to give us a mighty deliverance from
the open tyranny and oppression of
the sajne cruel and blood-thirsty ene
mies: We bless and adore thy glori
ous Majesty, as for the former, so for
this thy late marvellous luving-kind-
ness to our Church and Nation, in the
preservation of our Religion and
Liberties. And we humbly pray,
that the devout sense of this thy re
peated mercy may renew and increase
in us a spirit of love and thankful
ness to thee its only Author ; a spirit
of peaceable submission and obedience
to our gracious Sovereign Lord, King
GEORGE; and a spirit of fervent
zeal for our holy Religion which thou
hast so wonderfully rescued, and
established, a blessing to us and our
posterity. And this we beg for Jesus
Christ his sake. Amen.

kr.o.

A FORM OF PRAYER WITH FASTING,

TO BE USED YEARLY ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY,

Being the Day of the Martyrdom of the Blessed King Charles the First; to im
plore the mercy of God, that neither the Guilt of that sacred and innocent
Blood, nor those other sins, by which God was provoked to deliver up both us
and our King into the hands of cruel and unreasonable men, may at any time
hereafter be visited upon us or our postenty.

5T If this Day sliall happen to be Sunday, this Form qf Prayer shall be used and the Fast kept
the next Day following. And upon the Lord's Day next before the Day to be kept, at
Morning Prayer, immediately after the Nicene Creed, notice shall be given for the due
Observation of the said Day.

IT The Service of the Day shall be the same with tlie, usual Office for Holy-days in all things ;
except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed.

THE ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER.

f He that ministereth shall begin with one or
more of these Sentences.

TO the Lord our God belong mer
cies and forgivenesses, though
we have rebelled against him : nei
ther have we obeyed the voice of the
Lord our God, to walk in his laws
which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10.

Correct us, O Lord, but with
judgement : not in thine anger,
lest thou bring us to nothing. Jer.
x. 24.

Enter not into judgement with thy
servants, O Lord : for in thy sight
shall no man living be justified.
Psalm cxliii. 2.

«r Instead of Venite exultemus the Hymn
following shall be said or sung; one terse
by the Priest, and another by the Clerk and
people.

RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord :
and just are thy judgements.
Psalm cxix. 137.

Thou art just, O Lord, in all that
is brought upon us : for thou hast
done right, but we have done wickedly.
Neh. ix. 33.

Nevertheless, our feet were al
most gone : our treadings had well-
nigh slipped. Psalm Ixxiii. 2.

For why ? we were grieved at the
wicked : we did also see the ungodly
in such prosperity, verse 3.

The people stood up, and the
rulers took counsel together : against
the Lord, and against his Anointed.
Psalm ii. 2.

They cast their heads together with
one consent : and were confederate
against him. Psalm Ixxxiii. 5.

He heard the blasphemy of the
multitude, and fear was on every
side : while they conspired together
against him, to take away his life.
Psalm xxxi. 15.

They spoke against him with false
tongues, and compassed him about with
words of hatred : and fought against
him without a cause. Psalm cix. 2.

Yea, his own familiar friends,
whom he trusted : they that eat of
his bread laid great wait for him.
Psalm xli. 9.

They rewarded him evil for good :
to the great discomfort of his soul.
Psalm xxxv. 12.

They took their counsel together,
saying, God hath forsaken him : per
secute him, and take him, for there is
none to deliver him. Psalm Ixxi. 9-

The breath of our nostrils, the
Anointed of the Lord was taken in
their pits : of whom we said, Under
his shadow we shall be safe. Lam,
iv. 20.

The adversary and the enemy en
tered into the gates of Jerusalem :
saying, When shall he die, and his
name perish ? ver. 12. Psalm xli. 5.

Let the sentence of guiltiness pro
ceed against him : and now that he
lieth, let him rise up no more. ver. 8.

False witnesses also did rise up

King Charles the Martyr.

against him : they laid to his charge
things that he knew not. Psalm
xxxv. 11.

For the sins of the people, and the
iniquities of the priests : they shed
the blood of the just in the midst of
Jerusalem. Lam. iv. 13.

O my soul, come not thou into
their secret ; unto their assembly,
mine honour, be not thou united :
for in their anger they slew a man ;
Gen. xlix. 6.

Even the man of thy right hand :
the Son of man, whom thou hadst
made so strong for thine own self.
Psalm Ixxx. 17.

In the sight of the unwise he seem
ed to die : and his departure was
taken for misery. Wisd. hi. 2.

They fools counted his life madness,
and his end to be without honour : but
he is in peace. Wisd. v. 4. & iii. 3:

For though he was punished in
the sight of men : yet was his hope
full of immortality. Wisd. iii. 4.

How is he numbered with the chil
dren of God : and his lot is among the
saints! Wisd. v. 5.

But, O Lord God, to whom ven
geance belongeth, thou God, to whom
vengeance belongeth : be favourable
and gracious unto Sion. Psalm xciv.
1. & li. 18.

Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy peo
ple, whom thou hast redeemed : and
lay not innocent blood to our charge.
Deut. xxi. 8.

O shut not up our souls with sin
ners : nor our lives with the blood
thirsty. Psalm xxvi. p.

Deliver ws from blood-guiltiness,
O God, thou that art the God of our
salvation : and our tongues shall sing
of thy righteousness. Psalm li. 14.

For thou art the God that hast
no pleasure in wickedness : neither
shall any evil dwell with thee. Psalm
v. 4.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak
leasing : the Lord abhors both the
blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
ver. 6,

O how suddenly do they consume :
perish, and come to a fearful end !
Psalm Ixxiii. 1 8.

Yea, even like as a dream, when
one awaketh : so didst thon make
their image to vanish out of the cify.
ver. Ip.

Great and marvellous are thy works,
O Lord God Almighty : just and truo
are thy ways, O King of saints. Rev.
xv. 3.

Righteous art thou, O Lord : and
just are thy judgements. Psalm cxix.
137.

Glory be to tire Father, and to the
Son : and to the Holy Ghost ;

As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be : world without end.
Amtn.

Proper Psalms, ix, x, xi.

Proper Lessons.
The First, 2 Samuel i.

The Second, St. Matth. xxvii.
f Instead of the first Collect at Mornuig
Prayer shall these two which next follow fcc
used.

OMost mighty God, terrible in
thy judgements, and wonderful
in thy doings toward the children of
men ; who in thy heavy displeasure
didst suffer the life of our gracious
Sovereign King Charles the First, to
be (as this day) taken away by the
hands of cruel and bloody men : We
thy sinful creatures here assembled
before thee, do, in the behalf of ail
the people of this land, humbly con
fess, that they were the crying sins of
this Nation, which brought down this
heavy judgement upon us. But, O
gracious God, when thou makest in
quisition for blood, lay not the guilt
of this innocent blood, (the shedding
whereof nothing but the blood of thy
Son can expiate,) lay it not to the
charge of the people of this land ;
nor let it ever be required of us, or
our posterity. Be merciful, O Lord,
be merciful unto thy people, wriom
thou hast redeemed ; and be not
angry with us for ever : But pardon
us for thy mercy's sake, through the
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King Charles the Martyr.

merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

BLESSED Lord, in whose sight
the death of thy saints is pre
cious ; We magnify thy Name for
thine abundant grace bestowed upon
our martyred Sovereign ; by which he
was enabled so cheerfully to follow
the steps of his blessed Master and
Saviour, in a constant meek suffering
of all barbarous indignities, and at
last resisting unto blood; and even
then, according to the same pattern,
praying for his murderers. Let his
memory, O Lord, be ever blessed
among us; that we may follow the
example of his courage and constancy,
his meekness and patience, and great
charity. And grant, that this our land
may be freed from the vengeance of
his righteous blood, and thy mercy
glorified in the forgiveness of our sins :
and all for Jesus Christ his sake, our
only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

1T In the end of the Litany (which shall al
ways on this Day be used) immediately after
the Collect [We humbly beseech thee, O
Father, $r.J the three Colkcts next follow
ing are to be read.

OLord, we beseech thee mercifully
hear our prayers, and spare all
those who confess their sins unto thee;
that they whose consciences by sin
are accused, by thy merciful pardon
may be absolved ; through Christ our
Lord. Amen.

OMost mighty God, and merciful
Father, who hast compassion
upon all men, and hatest nothing that
thou hast made; who wouldest not
the death of a sinner, but that he
should rather turn from his sin, and
be saved: Mercifully forgive us our
trespasses ; receive and comfort us,
who are grieved and wearied with the
burden of our sins. Thy property is
always to have mercy ; to thee only
it appertaineth to forgive sins. Spare
us therefore, good Lord, spare thy
people, whom thou hast redeemed ;
enter not into judgement with thy
servants, who are vile earth and mi

serable sinners : but so turn thine anger
from us, who meekly acknowledge
our vileness, and truly repent us of our
faults; and so make haste to help
us in this world, that we may ever
live with thee in the world to come ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

TURN thou us, O good Lord,
and so shall we be turned. Be
favourable, O Lord, be favourable to
thy people, Who turn to thee in weep
ing, fasting, and praying. For thou
art a merciful God, Full of compas
sion, Long-suffering, and of great pity.
Thou sparest when we deserve pu
nishment, And in thy wrath thinkest
upon mercy. Spare thy people, good
Lord, spare them, And let not thine
heritage be brought to confusion.
Hear us, O Lord, for thy mercy is
great. And after the multitude of thy
mercies look upon us ; Througli the
merits and mediation of thy blessed
Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT In the Communion Service, after the Prayer
for the King [Almighty God, whose king
dom is everlasting, $c.] instead of the
Collect for the Day shall these two be used.

O most mighty God, ^ As in the
fyc. > Morning

Blessed Lord, fyc. ) Prayers.

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 13.

SUBMIT yourselves to every or
dinance of man for the Lord's
sake ; whether it be to the King, as
supreme ; or unto governours, as unto
them that are sent by him, for the
punishment of evil-doers, and for the
praise of them that do well. For so
is the will of God, that with well
doing ye may put to silence the igno
rance of foolish men : as free, and not
using your liberty for a cloke of mali
ciousness, but as the servants of God.
Honour all men. Love the brother
hood. Fear God. Honour the King.
Servants, be subject to your masters
with all fear, not only to the good and
gentle, but also to the froward. For
this is thank-worthy, if a man for
conscience toward God endure grief,
suffering wrongfully. For what glory

King Charles the Martyr.

is it, if when ye be buffeted for your
faults ye shall take it patiently? but
if when ye do well, and suffer for it,
ye take it patiently ; this is acceptable
witli God. For even hereunto were
ye called ; because Christ also suffer
ed for us, leaving us an example, that
ye should follow his steps ; who did
no sin, neither was guile found in his
mouth.

The Gospel. St. Matth. xxi. 33.

^ • MiERE was a certain housholder
JL which planted a vineyard, and
hedged it round about, and digged a
wine-press in it, and built a tower,
and let it out to husbandmen, and
went into a far country. And when
the time of the fruit drew near, he
sent his servants to the husbandmen,
that they might receive the fruits of
it. And the husbandmen took his
servants, and beat one, and killed
another, and stoned another. Again
he sent other servants, more than the
first: and they did unto them like
wise. But last of all he sent unto
them his son, saying, They will rever
ence my son. But when the husband
men saw the son, they said among
themselves, This is the heir, come,
let us kill him, and let us seize on his
inheritance. And they caught him,
and cast him out of the vineyard, and
slew him. When the lord therefore
of the vineyard cometh, what will he
do unto those husbandmen 1 They say
unto him, He will miserably destroy
those wicked men, and will let out
his vineyard unto other husbandmen,
which shall render him the fruits in
their seasons.

f After the Nicene Creed, shall be read, in
stead of the Sermon for that Day, the first
and second parts of the Homily against Dis
obedience and wilful Rebellion, set forth by
Authority; or the Minister who officiates
shall preach a Sermon of his own composing
upon the same argument,

f In the Offertm-y shall this Sentence be read.

Whatsoever ye would that men

should do unto you, even so do unto

them; for this is the Law and the
Prophets. St. Matth. vii. 12.

IT After the Prayer [For the whole state of
Christ's Church Sfc.] these two Collects fol
io wing shall be used.

OLord, our heavenly Father, who
didst not punish us as our sins
have deserved, but hast in the midst
of judgement remembered mercy;
We acknowledge it thine especial fa
vour, that, though for our many and
great provocations, thou didst suffer
thine anointed blessed King diaries
the First (as on this day) to fall into
the hands of violent and blood-thirsty
men, and barbarously to be murdered
by them, yet thou didst not leave us
for ever, as sheep without a shepherd ;
but by thy gracious providence didst
miraculously preserve the undoubted
Heir of his Crowns, our then gra
cious Sovereign King Charles the
Second, from his bloody enemies,
hiding him under the shadow of thy
wings, until their tyranny was over
past ; and didst bring him back, in thy
good appointed time, to sit upon the
throne of his Father; and together
with the Royal Family didst restore to
us our ancient Government in Church
and State. For these thy great and
unspeakable mercies we render to thee
our most humble and unfeigned thanks ;
beseeching thee, still to continue thy
gracious protection over the whole
Royal Family, and to grant to our
gracious Sovereign King GEORGE,
a long and a happy Reign over us : So
we that are thy people will give thee
thanks for ever, and will alway be
shewing forth thy praise from gene
ration to generation; through Jesus
Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

AND grant, O Lord, we beseech
thee, that the course of this
world may be so peaceably ordered
by thy governance, that thy Church
may joyfully serve thee in all godly
quietness; through Jesus Christ our
Lcfrd. Amen.

King Charles the Martyr.
THE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER.

H The Hymn appointed to be used at Morning
Prayer instead of Venite exultemus shall
here also be used before the Proper Psalms,

Righteous art thou, O Lord, fyc.
Proper Psalms. Ixxix, xciv, Ixxxv.

Proper Lessons.
The First, Jcr. xii. or Dan. ix.

to ver. 22.
The Secotid, Hebr. xi. ver. 32.

and xii. to ver. 7«

u Instead of the first Collect at Evening Prayer
shall these two which next follow be used.

O Almighty Lord God, who by
thy wisdom not only guidest
and orderest all things most suitably
to thine own justice; but also per-
foruiest thy pleasure in such a man
ner, that we cannot but acknowledge
thee to be righteous in all thy ways,
and holy in all thy works : We thy
sinful people do here fall down before
thee, confessing that thy judgements
were right, in permitting cruel men,
sons of Belial, (as on this day) to
imbrue their hands in the blood of
thine Anointed ; we having drawn
down the same upon ourselves, by
the great and long provocations of our
sins against thee. For which we do
therefore here humble ourselves be
fore thee ; beseeching thee to deliver
this Nation from blood-guiltiness, (that
of this day especially,) and to turn
from us and our posterity all those
judgements, which we by our sins
have worthily deserved: Grant this,
for the all-sufficient merits of thy Son
our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen,

BLESSED God, just and power
ful, who didst permit thy dear
Servant, our dread Sovereign King
Charles the First, to be (as upon this
day) given up to the violent outrages
of wicked men, to be despitefully
used, and at the last murdered by
them : Though we cannot reflect upon
*ofoul an act, but with horror and
astonishment ; yet do we most grate
fully commemorate the glories of thy
grace, which then shined forth in thine
Anointed; whom thou wast pleased,
even at the hour of death, to endue
with an eminent measure of exemplary

patience, meekness, and charity, be
fore the face of his cruel enemies.
And albeit thou didst suffer them to
proceed to such an height of violence,
as to kill him, and to take possession
of his Throne ; yet didst thou in great
mercy preserve his Son, whose right it
was, and at length by a wonderful
providence bring him back, and set
him thereon, to restore thy true Reli
gion, and to settle peace amongst
us: For these thy great mercies we
glorify thy Name, through Jesus Christ
our blessed Saviour. Amen.
IT Immediately after the Collect [Lighten our

darkness, 4*c.J shall these three next follow>

ing be used.

O Lord, we beseech fyc. ^ As before
O most mighty God, eft. I at
Turn thou us, O good [ Morning
Lord, fyc. J Prayer.

1T Immediately before the Prayer of Saint

Cbrygostom shall this Collect which next

followeth be used.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting
J-JL God, whose righteousness is
like the strong mountains, and thy
judgements like the great deep ; and
who, by that barbarous murder (as on
this day) committed upon the sacred
Person of thine Anointed, hast taught
us, that neither the greatest of Kings,
nor the best of men, are more secure
from violence than from natural
death: Teach us also hereby so to
number our days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom. And grant,
that neither the splendor of any thing
that is great, nor the conceit of any
thing that is good in us, may with
draw our eyes from looking upon our
selves as sinful dust and ashes; but
that, according to the example of this
thy blessed Martyr, we may press for
ward to the prize of the high calling
that is before us, in faith and patience,
humility and meekness, mortification
and self-denial, charity and constant
perseverance unto the end: And all
this for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ
his sake ; to whom with thee and the
Holy Ghost be all honour and glory,
world without end. Amen.

A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING

TO ALMIGHTY GOD,

For having put an end to the Great Rebellion, by the Restitution of the King and
Royal Family, and the Restoration of the Government after many years Inter
ruption; which unspeakable Mercies were wonderfully completed upon the
Twenty-ninth of May, in the Year 1660. And in Memory thereof that Day in
every Year is by Act of Parliament appointed to be for ever kept holy.

f The Act of Parliament made in the Twelfth, and confirmed in tlie Thirteenth Year of Kins
Charles the Second, for the Observation of the Twenty ' " ** '"
of Puhlick Tfiankseiving, is to be read publickly in al
diately after the Nicene Creed, on the Lord's Day n
May, and notice to be given for the due Observation of the said Day.'

1 Tlie Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy days ; except where it is in this
Office otherwise appointed.

V If this Day shall happen to be Ascension-day, or Whit-sunday, the Collects of this Office
are to be added to the Offices of those Festivals in their proper places: I/ it be Monday or
Tuesday in Whitsun-week, or Trinity-Sunday, the Proper Psalms appointed for this Day,
instead of those of ordinary course, snail be also used, and the Collects added as before ; and
in all these cases the rest of tfiis Office shall be omitted : But if it shall happen to be any
other Sunday, this whole Office shall be used.as it followeth, entirely. And what Festival
soever shall happen to fall upon this solemn Day of Thanksgiving, the following Hymn, ap
pointed instead of Venite exultemus, sJuill be constantly used.

T Morning Prayer shall begin with these
Sentences.

TO the Lord our God belong
mercies and forgivenesses, though
we have rebelled against him : neither
have we obeyed the voice of the Lord
our God, to walk in his laws which he
set before us. Daniel ix. 9, 10.

It is of the Lord's mercies that we
were not consumed : because his com
passions fail not. Lam. iii. 22.

5 Instead of Venite exultemus shall be sung
or said this Hymn following ; one Verse by
the Priest, and another by the Clerk and
people.

MY song shall be alway of the
loving-kindness of the Lord :
with my mouth will I ever be shewing
forth his truth from one generation
to another. Psalm Ixxxix. 1.

The merciful and gracious Lord
hath so done his marvellous works :
that they ought to be had in remem
brance. Psalm cxi. 4.

Who can express the noble acts of
the Lord : or shew forth all his
praise? Psalm cvi. 2.

The works of the Lord are great :
sought out of all them that have plea
sure therein. Psalm cxi. 2.

The Lord setteth up the meek :
and bringeth the ungodly down to
the ground. Psalm cxlvii. 6.

The Lord ejcecuteth righteousness
and judgement : for all them that are
oppressed with wrong. Psalm ciii. 6.

For he will not alway be chiding :
neither keepeth he his anger for ever.
verse 9.

He hath not dealt with us after
our sins : nor rewarded us according
to our wickedness, verse 10.

For look how high the heaven U
in comparison of the earth : so great
is his mercy toward them that fear
him. vei'se 11.

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own
children : even so is the Lord merciful
unto them that fear him. verse 13.

Thou, O God, hast proved us :
thou also hast tried us, even as silver
is tried. Psalm Ixvi. 9.

Thou sufferedst men to ride over
our heads, we went through fire and
water : but thou hast brought us out
into a wealthy place, verse 11.

O how great troubles and adver
sities hast thou shewed us! and yet
didst thou turn and refresh us : yea,
and broughtest us from the deep of
the earth again. Psalm Ixxi. 18.

Thou didst remember us in our low
estate, and redeem us from our wit-
mies : for thy mercy endureth for
ever. Psalm cxxxvi. 23, 24.
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The Restoration of the Royal Family.

Lord, thou art become gracious
unto thy land : thou hast turned
away the captivity of Jacob. Psalm
Ixxxv. 1.

God hath shewed us his goodness
plenteously : and God hath let us see
our desire upon our enemies. Psalm
lix. 10.

They are brought down and fallen :
but we are risen and stand upright.
Psalm xx. 8.

There are they fallen, all that
work wickedness : they are cast down,
and shall not be able to stand. Psalm
xxxvi. 12.

The Lord hath been mindful of us,
and he shall bless us : even he shall
bless the house of Israel, he shall bless
the house of Aaron. Psalm cxv. 12.

He shall bless them that fear the
Lord : both small and great, verse 13.

O that men would therefore praise
the Lord for his goodness : and de
clare the wonders that he doeth for
the children of men! Psalm cvii. 21.

That they would oj^er unto him the
sacrifice of thanksgiving : and tell
out his works with gladness! ver. 22.

And not hide them from the chil
dren of the generations to come : but
shew the honour of the Lord, his
mighty and wonderful works that he
hath done ! Psalm Ixxviii. 4.

That our posterity may also know
them, and the children that are yet
unborn : and not be as their fore
fathers a faithless and stubborn gene
ration, verse 6, 9-

Give thanks, O Israel, unto God
the Lord in the congregations : from
the ground of the heart. Psalm
Ixviii. 26.

Praised be the Lord daily : even
the God who helpeth us, and powrcth
his benefits upon us. verse 19.

O let the wickedness of the wicked
come to an end : but establish thou
the righteous. Psalm vii. p.

Let all those that seek thee be joyful
and glad in thee : and let all such as
love thy salvation say alway, The
Lord be praised. Psalm xl. 19.

Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son : and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be : world without end.
Amen.

Proper Psalms, cxxiv, cxxvi,

cxxix, cxviii.
Proper Lessons.

The First, 2 Sam. xix. ver. 9. or

Numb. xvi. Te Deum.
The Second, The Epistle of S. Jude.

Jubilate Deo.

1T The Suffrages next after the Creed shall
stand thus.

Priest. O Lord, shew thy mercy
upon us.

Answer. And grant us thy sal
vation.

Priest. O Lord, save the King ,

Answer. Who putteth his trust in
thee.

Priest. Send him help from thy
holy place.

Answer. And evermore mightily
defend him.

Priest. Let his enemies have no
advantage against him.

Answer. Let not the wicked ap
proach to hurt him.

Priest. Endue thy Ministers with
righteousness.

Answer. And make thy chosen peo
ple joyful.

Priest. Give peace in our time, O
Lord.

Answer. Because there is none
other that fighteth for us, but only
thou, O God.

Priest. Be unto us, O Lord, a
strong tower,

Answer. From the face of our ene
mies.

Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer.

Answer. And let our cry come
unto thee.

H Instead of the first Collect at Morning
Prayer shall these two which follow be
used.

O Almighty God, who art a strong
tower of defence unto thy ser
vants against the face of their ene
mies ; We yield thee praise and thanks
giving for the wonderful deliverance of

The Restoration of the Royal Family.

these Kingdoms from THE GREAT
REBELLION, and all the Miseries
and Oppressions consequent there
upon, under which they had so long
groaned. We acknowledge it thy
goodness, that we were not utterly
delivered over as a prey unto them ;
beseeching thee still to continue such
thy mercies towards us, that all the
world may know that thou art our Sa
viour and mighty Deliverer ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

OLord God of our salvation, who
hast been exceedingly gracious
unto this land, and by thy miraculous
providence didst deliver us out of our
miserable confusions ; by restoring to
us, and to his own just and undoubted
Rights, our then most gracious So
vereign Lord, King Charles the Second,
notwithstanding all the power and
malice of his enemies ; and, by placing
him on the Throne of these King
doms, didst restore also unto us the
publick and free profession of thy true
Religion and Worship, together with
our former Peace and Prosperity, to
the great comfort and joy of our
hearts : We are here now before thee,
with all due thankfulness, to acknow
ledge thine unspeakable goodness here
in, as upon this day shewed unto us,
and to offer unto thee our sacrifice of
praise for the same ; humbly beseech
ing thee to accept this our unfeigned,
though unworthy oblation of our
selves ; vowing all holy obedience in
thought, word, and work, unto thy
Divine Majesty; and promising all
loyal and dutiful Allegiance to thine
Anointed Servant now set over us,
and to his Heirs after him ; whom we
beseech thee to bless with all increase
of grace, honour and happiness, in
this world, and to crown him with
immortality and glory in the world to
come, for Jesus Christ his sake our
only Lord and Saviour. Amen.

if In the end nf the Litany (which shall
always this Day be used) after the Collect
[We humbly beseech thee, O Father, %c.]
shall this be said which next followeth.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast in
all ages shewed forth thy power
and mercy in the miraculous and gra
cious deliverances of thy Church, and
in the protection of righteous and re
ligious Kings and States, professing
thy holy and eternal truth, from the
malicious Conspiracies and wicked
Practices of all their enemies; We
yield unto thee our unfeigned thanks
and praise, as for thy many other
great and publick mercies, so espe
cially for that signal and wonderful
Deliverance, by thy wise and good
Providence as upon this day com
pleted, and vouchsafed to our then
most gracious Sovereign King Charles
the Second, and all the Royal Fa
mily, and in them, to this whole
Church and State, and all orders and
degrees of men in both, from the un
natural Rebellion, Usurpation, and
Tyranny of ungodly and cruel men,
and from the sad confusions and ruin
thereupon ensuing. From all these,
O gracious and merciful Lord God,
not our merit, but thy mercy ; not our
foresight, but thy Providence ; not our
own arm, but thy right hand, and
thine arm, did rescue and deliver us.
And therefore, not unto us, O Lord,
not unto us, but unto thy Name be
ascribed all Honour, and Glory, and
Praise, with most humble and hearty
thanks, in all Churches of the Saints :
Even so blessed be the Lord our
God, who alone doeth wondrous
things, and blessed be the Name of
his Majesty for ever; through Jesus
Christ our Lord and only Saviour.
Amen.

IT In the Communion Service, immediately be
fore the reading of the Epistle, shall these
two Collects be used, instead of the Collect
for the King and the Collect of the Day.

O Almighty God, fyc. ~lAs before at
O Lord God of our sal- > Morning
vation, #c. ) Prayer.

The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 11.

DEARLY beloved, I beseech
you as strangers and pilgrims,
abstain from fleshly lusts, which war
against the soul ; having your conver-
Rr4

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sation honest among the Gentiles:
that, whereas they speak against you
as evil-doers, they may, by your good
works which they shall behold, glorify
God in the day of visitation. Submit
yourselves to every ordinance of man
for the Lord's sake ; whether it be to
the King, as supreme; or unto Go-
vernours, as unto them that are sent
by him for the punishment of evil
doers, and for the praise of them that
do well. For so is the will of God,
that with well-doing ye may put to
silence the ignorance of foolish men :
as free, and not using your liberty for
a cloke of maliciousness, but as the
servants of God. Honour all men.
Love the brotherhood. Fear God.
Honour the King.

The Gospel St. Matth. xxii. 16.

AND they sent out unto him
their disciples, with the He-
rodians, saying, Master, we know that
thou art true, and teachest the way of
God in truth, neither carest thou for
any man ; for thou regardest not the
person of men. Tell us therefore,
What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to
give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But
Jesus perceived their wickedness, and
said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypo
crites? Shew me the tribute-money.
And they brought unto him a peny.
And he saith unto them, Whose is this
image and superscription? They say
unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he
unto them, Render therefore unto
Caesar the things which are Caesar's ;
and unto God the things that are
God's. When they had heard these
words, they marvelled, and left him,
and went their way.

n In the Offertory shall this Sentence be
read

Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king
dom of heaven: but he that doeth
the will of my Father which is in hea
ven. St. Matth. vii. 21.

* After the Prayer [For the whole State
of Christ's Church £c.] this Collect fol-
lounng shall be used.

ALMIGHTY God and hea
venly Father, who, of thine infi- I
nite and unspeakable goodness to-
wards us, didst in a most extraordi
nary and wonderful manner disappoint I
and overthrow the wicked designs
of those traiterous, heady, and high-
minded men, who, under the pretence
of Religion and thy most holy Name,
had contrived, and well-nigh effected
the utter destruction of this Church
and Kingdom: As we do this day
most heartily and devoutly adore and
magnify thy glorious Name for this
thine infinite goodness already vouch- I
safed to us; so do we most humbly
beseech thee to continue thy grace
and favour towards us, that no such
dismal calamity may ever again fall
upon us. Infatuate and defeat all the
secret counsels of deceitful and wicked
men against us. Abate their pride,
asswage their malice, and confound
their devices. Strengthen the hands
of our gracious Sovereign King
GEORGEt and all that are put in
authority under him, with judgement
and justice to cut off all such workers
of iniquity, as turn Religion into Re
bellion, and Faith into Faction ; that
they may never again prevail against
us, nor triumph in the ruin of the
Monarchy and thy Church among us.
Protect and defend our Sovereign
Lord the King, with the whole Royal
Family, from all Treasons and Con
spiracies. Be unto him an helmet of
salvation, and a strong tower of de
fence against the face of all his ene
mies; clothe them with shame and
confusion, but upon Himself and his
Posterity let the Crown for ever
flourish. So we thy people, and the
sheep of thy pasture, will give thee
thanks for ever, and will always be
shewing forth thy praise from genera
tion to generation ; through Jesus
Christ our only Saviour and Redeem
er, to whom with thee, O Father, and
the Holy Ghost, be glory in the
Church throughout all ages, world
without end. Amen.

A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING

TO ALMIGHTY GOD ;

To be used in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every Year, upon
the Twenty-fifth Day of October;

Being the Day on which His Majesty began His happy Reign.

* Tlie Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy-days in all things, except where
it is in this Office otherwise appointed.

1 1f this Day shall happen to be Sunday, t/tu whole Office shall be used^asitfolloweth, entirely.

q Morning Prayer shall begin with these
Sentences.

I Exhort that first of all, Sup
plications, Prayers, Intercessions,
and giving of Thanks, be made for
all men ; for Kings, and for all that
are in Authority ; that we may lead a
quiet and peaceable life, in all god
liness and honesty: For this is good
and acceptable unto God our Saviour.
1 77m. ii. 1, 2, 3.

If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
in us ; but, if we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighte
ousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9-

f Instead of Venite exultemus the Hymn
following shall be said or sung; one Verse by
the Priest, and another by the Clerk and
people.

Lord our Governour : how ex-

o

cellent is thy Name in all the
world ! Psalm viii. 1 .

Lord, what is man, that thou hast
: such respect unto him : or the son of
\ man, that thou so regardest him?
Psalm cxliv. 3.

The merciful and gracious Lord hath
so done his marvellous works : that
they ought to be had in remem
brance. Psalm cxi. 4.

O that men would therefore praise
the Lord for his goodness : and
declare the wonders that he doethfor
the children of men ! Psalm cvii. 2 1 .
Behold, O God our Defender : and
look upon the face of thine Anointed.
Psalm Ixxxiv. 9-

O hold thou up his goings in thy
paths : that his footsteps slip not.
Psalm xvii. 5.

Grant the King a long life : and
make him glad with the joy of thy
countenance. Psalm Ixi. 6. & xxi. 6.
Let him dwell before theefor ever:
O prepare thy loving mercy and
faithfulness, that they may preserve
him. Psalm Ixi. 7-

In his time let the righteous flou
rish : and let peace be in all our bor
ders. Psalm Ixxii. 7- & cxlvii. 14.

As for his enemies, clothe them with
shame : but upon himself let his crown
flourish. Psalm cxxxii. 19-

Blessed be the Lord God, even the
God of Israel : which only doeth
wondrous things. Psalm Ixxii. 18.

And blessed be the Name of his
Majesty for ever : and all the earth
shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen,
Amen, verse 19.

Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son : and to the Holy Ghost ;

As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be : world with
out end. Amen.

Proper Psalms, xx, xxi, ci.

Proper Lessons.

The First, Joshua i. to the end of
the ninth Verse.

Te Deum.

The Second, Romans xiii.
Jubilate Deo.

H The Suffrages next after the Creed shall

stand thus.

Priest. O Lord, shew thy mercy
upon us.

Answer. And grant us thy salva
tion.

Priest. O Lord, save the King ;
Answer. Who putteth his trust in
i thee.

A Form of Prayer for the Twenty -jifth of October.

Priest. Send him help from thy
holy place.

Answer. And evermore mightily
defend him.

Priest. Let his enemies have no
advantage against him.

Answer. Let not the wicked ap
proach to hurt him.

Priest. Endue thy Ministers with
righteousness.

Answer. And make thy chosen
people joyful.

Priest. O Lord, save thy people.

Answer. And bless thine inhe
ritance.

Priest. Give peace in our time,
O Lord.

Answer. Because there is none
other that fighteth for us, but only
thou, O God.

Priest. Be unto us, O Lord, a
strong tower;

Answer. From the face of our
enemies.

Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer.

Answer. And let our cry come
unto thee.

IT Instead of the first Collect at Morning
Prayer shall be used this following Collect
of Thanksgiving f oi' His Majesty's Accession
to the Throne.

ALMIGHTY God, who rulest
over all the kingdoms of the
World, and disposest of them accord
ing to thy good pleasure; We yield
thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou
wast pleased, as on this day, to place
thy Servant our Sovereign Lord,
King GEORGE upon the Throne of
this Realm. Let thy wisdom be his
guide, and let thine arm strengthen
him ; let justice, truth, and holiness,
let peace and love, and all those vir
tues that adorn the Christian Pro
fession, flourish in his days ; direct all
his counsels and endeavours to thy
glory, and the welfare of his people ;
and give us grace to obey him cheer
fully and willingly for conscience
sake ; that neither our sinful passions,
nor our private interests, may disap
point his cares for the publick good ;
let him always possess the hearts of

his people, that they may never be
wanting in honour to his Person, and
dutiful submission to his Authority:
let his Reign be long and prosperous,
and crown him with immortality in
the life to come ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

U In the end of the Litany (which shall al
ways be used upon this Day) after the Col
lect [We humbly beseech thee, O Father,
$•<;.] shall the following Prayer, for the
King and Royal Family, be used.

OLord our God, who upholdest
and governest all things in hea
ven and earth ; receive our humble
prayers, with our hearty thanksgivings,
for our Sovereign Lord GEORGE,
as on this day, set over us by thy
grace and providence to be our King";
and so together with him bless our
gracious Queen Charlotte, their
Royal Highnesses George Prince of
Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all
the Royal Family ; that they all, ever
trusting in thy goodness, protected by
thy power, and crowned with thy
gracious and endless favour, may
continue before thee in health, peace,
joy, and honour, and may live lo
and happy lives upon earth, and after
death obtain everlasting life and glory
in the kingdom of heaven, by the
Merits and Mediation of Christ Jesus
our Saviour, who with the Father and
the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth
ever one God, world without end.
Amen. .

IT Then shall follow this Collect, for God's
protection of the King against all his ene
mies.

MOST gracious God, who hast
set thy Servant GEORGE
our King upon the Throne of his An
cestors, we most humbly beseech thee
to protect him on the same from
all the dangers to which he may be
exposed ; Hide him from the gather
ing together of the froward, and from
the insurrection of wicked doers ; Do
thou weaken the hands, blast the de
signs, and defeat the enterprizes of all
his enemies, that no secret conspira
cies, nor open violences, may disqui«t

A Form of Prayer for the Twenty-fifth of October.

his Reign ; but that, being safely kept
under the shadow of thy wing, and
supported by thy power, he may tri
umph over all opposition ; that so the
world may acknowledge thee to be his
defender and mighty deliverer in all
difficulties and adversities ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT Then the Prayer for the High Court of
Parliament (if sitting.)

* In the Communion Service, immediately
before the reading of the Epistle, instead of
the Collect for the King, and tliat of the
Day, shall be u»ed this Prayer for the
King, as supreme Governour of this
Church.

BLESSED Lord, who hast called
Christian Princes to the defence
of thy Faith, and hast made it their
duty to promote the spiritual welfare,
together with the temporal interest of
their people; We acknowledge with
humble and thankful hearts thy great
goodness to us, in setting thy Servant
our most gracious King over this
Church and Nation ; Give him, we be
seech thee, all those heavenly graces
that are requisite for so high a trust ;
Let the work of thee his God prosper
, in his hands ; Let his eyes behold the
success of his designs for the service of
thy true Religion established amongst
us ; And make him a blessed instru
ment of protecting and advancing thy
Truth, wherever it is persecuted and
oppressed ; Let Hypocrisy and Pro-
faneness, Superstition and Idolatry, fly
before his face ; Let not Heresies and
false Doctrines disturb the peace of
the Church, nor Schisms and causeless
Divisions weaken it ; But grant us to
be of one heart and one mind in serv
ing thee our God, and obeying him
according to thy will : And that these
blessings may be continued to after-
ages, let there never be one wanting
in his house to succeed him in the go
vernment of this United Kingdom, that
our posterity may see his children's
children, and peace upon Israel. So
we that are thy people, and sheep of
thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for
ever, and will always be shewing forth

thy praise from generation to genera
tion. Amen.

The Episfle. 1 St. Peter ii. 11.

DEARLY beloved, I beseech you
as strangers and pilgrims, ab
stain from fleshly lusts, which war a-
gainst the soul ; having your conversa
tion honest among the Gentiles : that,
whereas they speak against you as
evil-doers, they may, by your good
works which they shall behold, glorify
God in the day of visitation. Submit
yourselves to every ordinance of man
for the Lord's sake ; whether it be to
the King, as supreme ; or unto gover-
nours, as unto them that are sent by
him for the punishment of evil-doers,
and for the praise of them that do
well. For so is the will of God, that
with well-doing ye may put to silence
the ignorance of foolish men : as free,
and not using your liberty for a cloke
of maliciousness, but as the servants of
God. Honour all men. Love the bro
therhood. Fear God. Honour the King.
The Gospel. St. Matth. xxii. 16.

AND they sent out unto him their
disciples, with the Herodians,
saying, Master, we know that thou art
true, and teachest the way of God in
truth, neither carest thou for any man :
for thou regardest not the person of
men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest
thou 1 Is it lawful to give tribute unto
Caesar, or net ? But Jesus perceived
their wickedness, and said, Why tempt
ye me, ye hypocrites? shew me the
tribute-money. And they brought
unto him a peny. And he saith unto
them, Whose is this image and super
scription ? They say unto him, Caesar's.
Then saith he unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which
are Caesar's ; and unto God the things
that are God's. When they had heard
these words, they marvelled, and left
him, and went their way.

IT After the Nicene Creed shall follow the

Sfrmon.
i In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read:

LET your light so shine before
men, that they may see your

i

A Form of Prayer for the Twenty-fifth oj October.

good works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven. St. Matth. v. 16.

T After the Prayer [For the whole State of
Christ's Churdi £<:.] these Collects follow
ing shall be used.

A Prayer for Unity.

OGod the Father of our Lord Je
sus Christ, our only Saviour, the
Prince of Peace ; Give us grace seri
ously to lay to heart the great dangers
we are in by our unhappy divisions.
Take away all hatred and prejudice,
and whatsoever else may hinder us
from godly Union and Concord : that,
as there is but one Body, and one Spi
rit, and one Hope of our Calling, one
Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one
God and Father of us all, so we may
henceforth be all of one heart, and of
one soul, united in one holy bond of
Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity,
and may with one mind and one
mouth glorify thee; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

GRANT, O Lord, we beseech
thee, that the course of this world
may be so peaceably ordered by thy
governance, that thy Church may joy
fully serve thee in all godly quiet

ness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

GRANT, we beseech thee, Al-l
mighty God, that the words,
which we have heard this day with our
outward ears, may through thy grace j
be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, i
that they may bring forth in us the:
fruit of good living, to the honour and
praise of thy Name ; through Jesus j
Christ our Lord. Amen.

A LMIGHTY God, the fountain
-XlL of all wisdom, who knowest our
necessities before we ask, and our
ignorance in asking; We beseech thee i
to have compassion upon our infirmi-
ties ; and those things, which for our j
unworthiness we dare not, and for our i
blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to I
give us for the worthiness of thy Son
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE peace of God which passeth !
all understanding, keep your
hearts and minds in the knowledge
and love of God, and of his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord : And the blessing of
God Almighty, the Father, the Son, i
and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you,
and remain with you always. Amen.

" GEORGE R.

UR Will and Pleasure is, That these Four Forms of Prayer and Ser-

O

vice, made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, the
Twenty-ninth of May, and the Twenty-fifth of October, be forthwith printed
and published, and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of
ihe Church of England ; to be used yearly on the said Days, in all Cathedral
and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls
within both Our Universities, and of Our Colleges of Eaton and Winchester,
and in all Parish-Churches and Chapels within that part of Our Kingdom of
Great Britain called England, the Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick
upon Tweed.

" Given at Our Court at St. James's the seventh Day of
" October, 1761, in the First Year of Our Reign.
" By His Majesty's Command,

" BUTE."

ARTICLES

AGREED UPON BY

THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES,
AND THE WHOLE CLERGY,

In the Convocation holden at London in the Year 1562,
for the avoiding of Diversities of Opinions, and for the
establishing of Consent touching true Religion : Reprinted
by His Majesty's Commandment, with his Royal De
claration prefixed thereunto..

HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION,

EING by God's Ordinance, according to Our just Title, Defender of the
Faith, and Supreme Governour of the Church, within these Our Domi
nions, We hold it most agreeable to this Our Kingly Office, and Our own reli
gious Zeal, to conserve and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge,
in Unity of true Religion, and in the Bond of Peace; and not to suffer un
necessary Disputations, Altercations, or Questions to be raised, which may
nourish Faction both in the Church and Commonwealth. We have therefore,
upon mature Deliberation, and with the Advice of so many of Our Bishops as
might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this Declaration
following :

That the Articles of the Church of England (which have been allowed and au
thorized heretofore, and which Our Clergy generally have subscribed unto] do
contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England agreeable to God's Word:
which We do therefore ratify and confirm, requiring all Our loving Subjects
to continue in the uniform Profession thereof, and prohibiting the least dif
ference from the said Articles; which to that End We command to be new
printed, and this Our Declaration to be published therewith.

That We are Supreme Governour of the Church of England : And that if any
difference arise about the external Policy, concerning the Injunctions, Canons,
and other Constitutions whatsoever thereto belonging, the Clergy in their
Convocation is to order and settle them, having first obtained leave under
Our Broad Seal so to do: and We approving their said Ordinances and Con
stitutions; providing that none be made contrary to the Laws and Customs of
the Land.

That out of Our Princely Care that the Churchmen may do the Work which
is proper unto them, the Bishops and Clergy, from time to time in Convocation,
upon their humble Desire, shall have Licence under Our Broad Seal to deli
berate of, and to do all such Things, as being made plain by them, and assented
unto by Us, shall concern the settled Continuance of the Doctrine and Disci
pline of the Church of England now established ; from which We will not en
dure any varying or departing in the least Degree.

That for the present, though some differences have been ill raised, yet We
take comfort in this, that all Clergymen within Our Realm have always most
willingly subscribed to the Article* established ; which is an argument to Ust

His Majesty's Declaration.

that they all agree in the true, usual, literal meaning of the said Articles ;
and that even in those curious points, in which the present differences lie, men
of all sorts take the Articles of the Church of England to be for them ; which
is an argument again, that none of them intend any desertion of the Articles
established.

That therefore in these both curious and unhappy differences, which have
for so many hundred years, in different times and places, exercised the Church
of Christ, We will, that all further curious search be laid aside, and these dis
putes shut up in God's promises, as they be generally set forth to us in the
holy Scriptures, and the general meaning of the Articles of the Church of
England according to them. And that no man hereafter shall either print, or
preach, to draw the Article aside any way, but shall submit to it in the plain
and full meaning thereof: and shall not put his own sense or comment to be the
meaning of the Article, but shall take it in the literal and grammatical
sense.

That if any publick Reader in either of Our Universities, or any Head or
Master of a College, or any other person respectively in either of them, shall
affix any new sense to any Article, or shall publickly read, determine, or hold
any publick Disputation, or suffer any such to be held either way, in either
the Universities or Colleges respectively ; or if any Divine in the Universities
shall preach or print any thing either way, other than is already established
in Convocation with Our Royal Assent ; he, or they the Offenders, shall be
liable to Our displeasure, and the Church's censure in Our Commission Eccle-
siastical, as well as any other : And We will see there shall be due Execution
upon them.

• :•

. ,;, . rf 5

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity.

THERE is but one living and true
God, everlasting, without body,
parts, or passions ; of. infinite power,
wisdom, and goodness; the Maker,
and Preserver of all things both visible
and invisible. And in unity of this
Godhead there be three Persons, of
one substance, power, and eternity;
the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Ghost.

II. Of the Word or Son of God, which
was made very Man.

THE Son, which is the Word of
the Father, begotten from ever
lasting of the Father, the very and
eternal God, and of one substance
with the Father, took Man's nature in
the womb of the blessed Virgin, of
her substance : so that two whole and
perfect Natures, that is to say, the
Godhead and Manhood, were joined
together in one Person, never to be
divided, whereof is one Christ, very
God, and very Man ; who truly suf
fered, was crucified, dead and buried,
to reconcile his Father to us, and to
be a sacrifice, not only for original
guilt, but also for actual sins of
men.

III. Of the going down of Christ
into Hell.

AS Christ died for us, and was
buried, so also is it to be be
lieved, that he went down into Hell.

IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ.

CHRIST did truly rise again from
death, and took again his body,
with flesh, bones, and all things ap
pertaining to the perfection of Man's
nature ; wherewith he ascended into
Heaven, and there sitteth, until he
return to judge all Men at the last
day.

V. Of the Holy Ghost.

THE Holy Ghost, proceeding
from the Father and the Son,
is of one substance, majesty, and
glory, with the Father and the Son,
very and eternal God.

VI. Of the Sufficiency of the holy
Scriptures for salvation.

HOLY Scripture contained) all
things necessary to salvation :
so that whatsoever is not read therein,
nor may be proved thereby, is not to
be required of any man, that it should
be believed as an article of the Faith,
or be thought requisite or necessary
to salvation. In the name of the holy
Scripture we do understand those
Canonical Books of the Old and New
Testament, of whose authority was
never any doubt in the Church.

Of the Names and Number of the

Canonical Books.
/GENESIS,
*^T Exodus,
Leviticus,
Numbers,
Deuteronomy,
Joshua,
Judges,
Ruth,

The First Book of Samuel,
The Second Book of Samuel,
The First Book of Kings,
TJie Second Book of Kings,
The First Book of Chronicles,
The Second Book of Chronicles,
The First Book of Esdras,
The Second Book of Esdras,
The Book of Esther,
The Book of Job,
The Psalms,
The Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, or Preacher,
Cantica, or Songs of Solomon,
Four Prophets the greater,
Twelve Prophets the less.

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And the other Books (as Hierome
saith) the Church doth read for ex
ample of life and instruction of man
ners ; but yet doth it not apply them
to establish any doctrine; such are
these following :

The Third Book of Esdras,

The Fourth Book of Esdras,

The Book of Tobias,

The Book of Judith,

The rest of the Book of Esther,

The Book of Wisdom,

Jesus the Son of Sirach,

Baruch the Prophet,

The Song of the Three Children,

The Story of Susanna,

Of Bel and the Dragon,

The Prayer ofManasses,

The First Book of Maccabees,

The Second Book of Maccabees.

All the Books of the New Testa
ment, as they are commonly received,
we do receive, and account them Ca
nonical.

VII. Of the Old Testament.

THE Old Testament is not con
trary to the New: for both in
the Old and New Testament everlast
ing life is offered to Mankind by
Christ, who is the only Mediator be
tween God and Man, being both
God and Man. Wherefore they are
not to be heard, which feign that the
old Fathers did look only for tran
sitory promises. Although the Law
given from God by Moses, as touch
ing Ceremonies and Rites, do not
bind Christian men, nor the Civil
precepts thereof ought of necessity to
be received in any commonwealth ;
yet notwithstanding, no Christian man
whatsoever is free from the obedience
of the Commandments which are
called Moral.

VIII. Of the Three Creeds.

THE Three Creeds, Nicene Creed,
Athanasius's Creed, and that
which is commonly called the Apo
stles Creed, ought thoroughly to be

received and believed : for they may
be proved by most certain warrants of
holy Scripture.

IX. Of Original or Birth-sin.

ORIGINAL Sin standeth not in
the following of Adam, (as the
Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is
the fault and corruption of the nature
of every man, that naturally is ingen-
dered of the offspring of Adam;
whereby man is very far gone from
original righteousness, and is of his
own <nature inclined to evil, so that
the flesh lusteth always contrary to
the spirit ; and therefore in every per
son born into this world, it deserveth
God's wrath and damnation. And
this infection of nature doth remain,
yea in them that are regenerated;
whereby the lust of the flesh, called
in the Greek, phronema sarkos, which
some do expound the wisdom, some
sensuality, some the affection, some
the desire, of the flesh, is not subject
to the Law of God. And although
there is no condemnation for them
that believe and are baptized, yet the
Apostle doth confess, that concupi
scence and lust hath of itself the na
ture of sin.

X. Of Free-mil.

THE condition of Man after the
fall of Adam is such, that he
cannot turn and prepare himself, by
his own natural strength and good
works, to faith, and calling upon
God: Wherefore we have no power
to do good works pleasant and accept
able to God, without the grace of
God by Christ prefenting us, that we
may have a good will, and working
with us, when we have that good will.

XI. Of the Justification of Man.

WE are accounted righteous be
fore God, only for the merit
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
by Faith, and not for our own works *
or deservings : Wherefore, that we are
justified by Faith only is & most whole- '

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some Doctrine, and very full of com
fort, as more largely is expressed in
the Homily of Justification.

XII. Of Good Works.

ALBEIT that Good Works, which
are the fruits of Faith, and fol
low after Justification, cannot put
away our sins, and endure the severity
of God's Judgement; yet are they
pleasing and acceptable to God in
Christ, and do spring out necessarily
of a true and lively Faith ; insomuch
that by them a lively Faith may be as
evidently known as a tree discerned
by the fruit.

XIII. Of Works before Justification.

WORKS done before the grace
of Christ, and the Inspiration
of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God,
forasmuch as they spring not of faith
in Jesus Christ, neither do they make
men meet to receive grace, or (as the
School-authors say) deserve grace of
congruity: yea rather, for that they
are not done as God hath willed and
commanded them to be done, we
doubt not but they have the nature of
sin.

XIV. Of Works of Supererogation.

T7OLUNTARY Works besides,
V over and above, God's Com
mandments, which they call Works
of Supererogation, cannot be taught
without arrogancy and impiety : for
by them men do declare, that they
do not only render unto God as much
85 they are bound to do, but that they
do more for his sake, than of bounden
duty is required : whereas Christ saith
plainly, When ye have done all that
are commanded to you, say, We are
unprofitable servants.

XV. Of Christ alone without Sin.

CHRIST in the truth of our na
ture was made like unto us in
all things, sin only except, from which
he was clearly void, both in his flesh,
and in his spirit. He came to be the

Lamb without spot, who, by sacrifice
of himself once made, should take
away the sins of the world, and sin,
as Saint John saith, was not in him.
But all we the rest, although baptized,
and born again in Christ, yet offend
in many things; and if we say we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us.

XVI. Of Sin after Baptism.

NOT every deadly sin willingly
committed after Baptism is sin
against the Holy Ghost, and unpar
donable. Wherefore the grant of re
pentance is not to be denied to such
as fall into sin after Baptism. After
we have received the Holy Ghost, we
may depart from grace given, and fall
into sin, and by the grace of God we
may arise again, and amend our lives.
And therefore they are to be con
demned, which say, they can no more
sin as long as they live here, or deny
the place of forgiveness to such as
truly repent.

XVII. Of Predestination and Elec
tion.

PREDESTINATION to Life is
the everlasting purpose of God,
whereby (before the foundations of
the world were laid) he hath con
stantly decreed by his counsel secret
to us, to deliver from curse and dam
nation those whom he hath chosen in
Christ out of mankind, and to bring
them by Christ to everlasting salva
tion, as vessels made to honour.
Wherefore, they which be endued
with so excellent a benefit of God be
called according to God's purpose by
his Spirit working in due season: they
through Grace obey the calling : they
be justified freely: they be made sons
of God by adoption : they be made
like the image of his only-begotten
Son Jesus Christ : they walk religiously
in good works, and at length, by
God's mercy, they attain to everlast
ing felicity.

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As the godly consideration of Pre
destination, and our Election in Christ,
is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeak
able comfort to godly persons, and
such as feel in themselves the working
of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the
works of the flesh, and their earthly
members, and drawing up their mind
to high and heavenly things, as well
because it doth greatly establish and
confirm their faith of eternal Salvation
to be enjoyed through Christ, as be
cause it doth fervently kindle their
love towards God: So, for curious
and carnal persons, lacking the Spirit
of Christ, to have continually before
their eyes the sentence of God's
Predestination, is a most dangerous
downfal, whereby the Devil doth
thrust them either into desperation,
or into wretchlessness of most unclean
living, no less perilous than despe
ration.

Furthermore, we must receive God's
promises in such wise, as they be
generally set forth to us in holy Scrip
ture : and, in our doings, that Will of
God is to be followed, which we have
expressly declared unto us in the Word
of God.

XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salva
tion only by the Name of Christ.

npHEY also are to be had accursed
A that presume to say, That every
man shall be saved by the Law or
Sect which he professeth, so that he
be diligent to frame his life according
to that Law, and the light of Nature.
For holy Scripture doth set out unto
us only the Name of Jesus Christ,
whereby men must be saved.

XIX. Of the Church.

THE visible Church of Christ is a
congregation of faithful men, in
the which the pure Word of God is
preached, and the Sacraments be duly
ministered according to Christ's ordi
nance in all those things that of neces
sity are requisite to the same.

As the Church of Jerusalem, Alex
andria, and Antioch, have erred ; so
also the Church of Rome hath erred,
not only in their living and manner of
Ceremonies, but also in matters of
Faith.

XX. Of the Authority of the Church.

THE Church hath power to decree
Rites or Ceremonies, and au
thority in Controversies of Faith : And
yet it is not lawful for the Church to
ordain any thing that is contrary to
God's Word written, neither may it so
expound one place of Scripture, that
it be repugnant to another. Where
fore, although the Church be a wit
ness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet,
as it ought not to decree any thing
against the same, so besides the same
ought it not to enforce any thing
to be believed for necessity of Sal
vation.

XXI. Of the Authority of General

Councils.

GENERAL Councils may not be
gathered together without the
commandment and will of Princes.
And when they be gathered together,
(forasmuch as they be an assembly of
men, whereof all be not governed
with the Spirit and Word of God,)
they may err, and sometimes have
erred, even in things pertaining unto
God. Wherefore things ordained by
them as necessary to salvation have
neither strength nor authority, unless
it may be declared that they be taken
out of holy Scripture.

XXII. Of Purgatory.

THE Romish Doctrine concerning
Purgatory, Pardons, Worship
ping and Adoration, as well of Images
as of Reliques, and also invocation of
Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented,
and grounded upon no warranty of
Scripture, but rather repugnant to
the Word of God.

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XXIII. Of Ministering in the Con

gregation.

IT is not lawful for any man to take
upon him the office of publick
preaching, or ministering the Sacra
ments in the Congregation, before he
be lawfully called, and sent to execute
the same. And those we ought to
judge lawfully called and sent, which
be chosen and called to this work by
men who have publick authority given
unto them in the Congregation, to
call and send Ministers into the Lord's
vineyard.

XXIV. Of speaking in the Congrega
tion in such a tongue as the people
understandeth.

IT is a thing plainly repugnant to
the Word of God, and the custom
of the Primitive Church, to have pub-
lick Prayer in the Church, or to min
ister the Sacraments in a tongue not
understanded of the people.

XXV. Of the Sacraments.

SACRAMENTS ordained of Christ
be not only badges or tokens of
Christian men's profession, but rather
they be certain sure witnesses, and
effectual signs of grace, and God's
good will towards us, by the which he
doth work invisibly in us, and doth
not only quicken, but also strengthen
and confirm our Faith in him.

There are two Sacraments ordained
of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that
is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of
the Lord.

Those five commonly called Sacra
ments, that is to say, Confirmation,
Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and ex
treme Unction, are not to be counted
for Sacraments of the Gospel, being
such as have grown partly of the cor
rupt following of the Apostles, partly
are states of life allowed in the Scrip
tures ; but yet have not like nature of
Sacraments with Baptism, and the
Lord's Supper, for that they have not
any visible sign or ceremony ordained
of God.

The Sacraments were not ordained
of Christ to be gazed upon, or to be
carried about, but that we should
duly use them. And in such only as
worthily receive the same they have a
wholesome effect or operation: but
they that receive them unworthily pur
chase to themselves damnation, as
Saint Paul saith.

XXVI. Of the Unworthiness of the
Ministers, which hinders not the
effect of the Sacrament.

\ LTHOUGH in the visible
JLJL Church the evil be ever mingled
with the good, and sometimes the
evil have chief authority in the Mini
stration of the Word and Sacraments,
yet forasmuch as they do not the same
in their own name, but in Christ's, and
do minister by his commission and au
thority, we may use their Ministry,
both in hearing the Word of God, and
in receiving of the Sacraments. Nei
ther is the effect of Christ's ordi
nance taken away by their wickedness,
nor the grace of God's gifts diminished
from such as by faith and rightly do
receive the Sacraments ministered un
to them ; which be effectual, because
of Christ's institution and promise, al
though they be ministered by evil
men.

Nevertheless, it appertaineth to the
discipline of the Church, that enquiry
be made of evil Ministers, and that
they be accused by those that have
knowledge of their offences; and fi
nally being found guilty, by just
judgement be deposed.

XXVII. Of Baptism.

BAPTISM is not only a sign of
profession, and mark of differ
ence, whereby Christian men are dis
cerned from others that be not chris
tened, but it is also a sign of Regene
ration or new Birth, whereby, as by an
instrument, they that receive Baptism
rightly are grafted into the Church ;
the promises of forgiveness of sin, and
of our adoption to be the sons of God
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by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed
and sealed; Faith is confirmed, and
Grace increased by virtue of prayer
unto God. The Baptism of young
Children is in any wise to be retained
in the Church, as most agreeable with
the institution of Christ.

XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper.

THE Supper of the Lord is not
only a sign of the love that Chris
tians ought to have among themselves
one to another ; but rather is a Sacra
ment of our Redemption by Christ's
death : insomuch that to such as
rightly, worthily, and with faith, re
ceive the same, the Bread which we
break is a partaking of the Body of
Christ; and likewise the Cup of Bless
ing is a partaking 'of the Blood of
Christ.

Transubstantiation (or the change
of the substance of Bread and Wine)
in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be
proved by holy Writ; but is repug
nant to the plain words of Scripture,
overthroweth the nature of a Sacra
ment, and hath given occasion to
many superstitions.

The Body of Christ is given, taken,
and eaten, in the Supper, only after an
heavenly and spiritual manner. And
the mean whereby the Body of Christ
is received and eaten in the Supper
is Faith.

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
was not by Christ's ordinance reserved,
carried about, lifted up, or worship
ped.

XXIX. Of the Wicked which eat not
tke Body of Christ in the use of the
Lord's Supper.

^j^HE Wicked, and such as be void
. of a lively faith, although they
do carnally and visibly press with their
teeth (as Saint Augustine saith) the
Sacrament of the Body and Blood of
Christ, yet in no wise are they par
takers of Christ : but rather, to their
condemnation, do eat and drink the
sign or Sacrament of so great a thing.

XXX. Of both kinds.

THE Cup of the Lord is not to be
denied to the Lay-people: for
both the parts of the Lord's Sacra
ment, by Christ's ordinance and com
mandment, ought to be ministered to
all Christian men alike.

XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ
finished upon the Cross.

THE Offering of Christ once made
is that perfect redemption, pro
pitiation, and satisfaction, for all the
sins of the whole world, both original
and actual ; and there is none other
satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in
the which it was commonly said, that
the Priest did offer Christ for the
quick and the dead, to have remission
of pain or guilt, were blasphemous
fables, and dangerous deceits.

XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests.

BISHOPS, Priests, and Deacons,
are not commanded by God's
Law, either to vow the estate of single
life, or to abstain from marriage :
therefore it is lawful for them, as for
all other Christian men, to marry at
their own discretion, as they shall
judge the same to serve better to god
liness.

XXXIII. Of excommunicate Persons,
how they are to be avoided.

THAT person which by open de
nunciation of the Church is
rightly cut off from the unity of the
Church, and excommunicated, ought
to be taken of the whole multitude of
the faithful, as an Heathen and Publi
can, until he be openly reconciled by
penance, and received into the Church
by a Judge that hath authority there
unto.

XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the

Church.

IT is not necessary that Traditions
and Ceremonies be in all places
one, and utterly like ; for at all times
they have been divers, and may be

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changed according to the diversities of
countries, times, and men's manners,
so that nothing be ordained against
God's Word. Whosoever through his
private judgement, willingly and pur
posely, doth openly break the tradi
tions and ceremonies of the Church,
which be not repugnant to the Word
of God, and be ordained and approv
ed by common authority, ought to be
rebuked openly, (that others may fear
to do the like,) as he that offendeth
against the common order of the
Church, and hurteth the authority of
the Magistrate, and woundeth the con
sciences of the weak brethren.

Every particular or national Church
hath authority to ordain, change, and
abolish, ceremonies or rites of the
Church ordained only by man's au
thority, so that all things be done to
edifying.

XXXV. Of the Homilies.

THE second Book of Homilies, the
several titles whereof we have
joined under this Article, doth contain
a godly and wholesome Doctrine, and
necessary for these times, as doth the
former Book of Homilies, which were
set forth in the time of Edward the
Sixth ; and therefore we judge them
to be read in Churches by the Mini
sters, diligently and distinctly, that
they may be understanded of the
people.

Of the Names of the Homilies.

F the right Use of the
Church.

2 Against peril of Idolatry.

3 Of repairing and keeping clean of

Churches.

4 Of good Works : first of Fasting.

5 Against Gluttony and Drunken

ness.

6 Against Excess of Apparel.

7 Of Prayer.

8 Of the Place and Time of Prayer.

9 That Common Prayers and Sacra

ments ought to be ministered
in a known tongue.

10 Of the reverend estimation of

God's Word.

1 1 Of Alms-doing.

12 Of the Nativity of Christ.
1:3 Of the Passion of Christ.

14 Of the Resurrection of Christ.

15 Of the irorthy receiving of the

Sacrament of the Body and
Blood of Christ.

16 Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost.

17 For the Rogation-days.

18 Of the state of Matrimony.

19 Of Repentance.

20 Against Idleness.

21 Against Rebellion.

XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops

and Ministers.

THE Book of Consecration of
Archbishops and Bishops, and
Ordering of Priests and Deacons,
lately set forth in the time of Edward
the Sixth, and confirmed at the same
time by authority of Parliament, doth
contain all things necessary to such
Consecration and Ordering: neither
hath it any thing, that of itself is super
stitious and ungodly. And therefore
whosoever are consecrated or ordered
according to the Rites of that Book,
since the second year of the forenamed
King Edward unto this time, or here
after shall be consecrated or ordered
according to the same Rites ; we de
cree all such to be rightly, orderly, and
lawfully consecrated and ordered.

XXXVII. Of the Civil Magistrates.

THE King's Majesty hath the chief
power in this Realm of England r,
and other his Dominions, unto whom
the chief Government of all Estates of
this Realm, whether they be Ecclesias
tical or Civil, in all causes doth apper
tain, and is not, nor ought to be, sub
ject to any foreign Jurisdiction.

Where we attribute to the King's
Majesty the chief government, by
which Titles we understand the minds
of some slanderous folks to be offend
ed; we give not to our Princes the

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ministering either of God's Word, or
of the Sacraments, the which thing the
Injunctions also lately set forth by Eli
zabeth our Queen do most plainly
testify; but that only prerogative,
which we see to have been given al
ways to all godly Princes in holy
Scriptures by God himself; that is,
that they should rule all states and
degrees committed to their charge by
God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or
Temporal, and restrain with the civil
sword the stubborn and evil-doers.

The Bishop of Rome hath no juris
diction in this Realm of England.

The Laws of the Realm may punish
Christian men with death, for heinous
and grievous offences.

Jt is lawful for Christian men, at
the commandment of the Magistrate,
to wear weapons, and serve in the
wars.

XXXVIII. Of Christian men's Goods,
which are not common.

THE Riches and Goods of Chris
tians are not common, as touch
ing the right, title, and possession of
the same, as certain Anabaptists do
falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every
man ought, of such things as he pos-
sesseth, liberally to give alms to the
poor, according to his ability.

XXXIX. Of a Christian man's Oath.

AS wre confess that vain and rash
Swearing is forbidden Christian
men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and
James his Apostle, so we judge, that
Christian Religion doth not prohibit,
but that a man may swear when the
Magistrate requireth, in a cause of
faith and charity, so it be done accord
ing to the Prophet's teaching, injustice,
judgement, and truth.

THE RATIFICATION.

nnHIS Book of Articles befwc rehearsed, is again approved, and allowed
to be holden and executed within the Realm, by the assent and consent
of our Sovereign Lady ELIZABETH, by the grace of God, of England,
France, and Ireland, Quten, Defender of the Faith, &c. Which Articles
were deliberately read, and confirmed again by the subscription of the hands
of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Upper-house, and by t/te subscription
of the whole Clergy of the Nether-house in their Convocation, in the Year of
our Lord 1571.

A TABLE OF THE ARTICLES.

1. f\F Faith in the Holy Trinity. 22.

2. Of Christ the Son of God. 23.

3. Of his going down into Hell.

4. Of his Resurrection. 24.

5. Of the Holy Ghost.

6. Of the Sufficiency of the Scrip- 25.

tures. 26.

7. Of the Old Testament.

8. Of the Three Creeds. 27.

9. Of Original or Birth-sin. 28.

10. OfFree-Will. 29-

11. Of Justification.

12. Of Good Works. 30.

13. Of Works before Justification. 31.

14. Of Works of Supererogation. 32.

15. Of Christ alone without Sin. ,33.

16. Of Sin after Baptism. 34.

17. Of Predestination and Election. 35.

18. Of obtaining Salvation by Christ. 36.

19. Of the Church. 37-

20. Of the Authority of the Church. 38.

21. Of the Authority of General 39-

Councils.

Of Purgatory.

Of Ministering in the Congre
gation.

Of speaking in the Congrega
tion.

Of the Sacra?nents.

Of the Unworthiness of Mini
sters.

Of Baptism.

Of the Lord's Supper.

Of the Wicked which eat not the
Body of Christ.

Of both kinds.

Of Christ's one Oblation.

Of the Marriage of Priests.

Of excommunicate Persons.

Of the Traditions of the Church.

Of .the Homilies.

Of Consecrating of Ministers.

Of Civil Magistrates.

Of Christian men's Goods.

Of a Christian man's Oath,
The Ratification,

A TABLE OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY,

WHEREIN WHOSOEVER ARE RELATED

Are forbidden in Scripture and our Laws to marry together.

A Man may not marry his

1 /GRANDMOTHER,

2 \3T Grandfather's Wife,

3 Wife's Grandmother.

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4 Father's Sister,

5 Mother's Sister,

6 Father's Brother's Wife.

7 Mother's Brother's \Vifc,
3 Wife's Father's Sister,

9 Wife's Mother's Sister.

10 Mother,

11 Step-Mother,

12 Wife's Mother.

13 Daughter,

14 Wife's Daughter,

15 Son's Wife.

16 Sister,

17 Wife's Sister,

18 Brother's Wife.

19 Son's Daughter,

20 Daughter's Daughter,

21 Son's Son's Wife.

22 Daughter's Son's Wife,

23 Wife's Son's Daughter,

24 Wife's Daughter's Daughter

25 Brother's Daughter,

26 Sister's Daughter,

27 Brother's Son's Wife.

28 Sister's Son's Wife,

29 Wife's Brother's Daughter,

30 Wife's Sister's Daughter.

.

A Woman may not marry with her

1 /GRANDFATHER,

2 \JT Grandmother's Husband,

3 Husband's Grandfather.

4 Father's Brother,

5 Mother's Brother,

6 Father's Sister's Husband.

7 Mother's Sister's Husband,

8 Husband's Father's Brother,

9 Husband's Mother's Brother.

10 Father,.

11 Step-Father,

12 Husband's Father.

13 Son,

14 Husband's Son,

15 Daughter's Husband.

16 Brother,

1 7 Husband's Brother,

18 Sister's Husband.

19 Son's Son,

20 Daughter's Son,

21 Son's Daughter's Husband.

22 Daughter's Daughter's Husband,

23 Husband's Son's Son,

24 Husband's Daughter's Son.

25 Brother's Son,

26 Sister's Son,

27 Brother's Daughter's Husband.

28 Sister's Daughter's Husband,

29 Husband's Brother's Son,

30 Husband's Sister's Son.

THE END.

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PSALMS.

PSALM I.

HOW bleft is he who ne'er confents by ill advice to walk 5
Nor ftands in fmners' ways, nor fits where men profanely talk.

2 But makes the perfect law of God his bufmeis and delight ;
Devoutly reads therein by day, and meditates by night.

3 Like fome fair tree, which, fed by ftreams, with timely fruit does bend,
He ftill mall flourifh, and fuccefs all his defigns attend.

4 Ungodly men and their attempts no lafting root mail find ;
Untimely blafted, and difpers'd like chaff before the wind.
e Their guilt (hall ftrike the wicked dumb before their Judge's face :
No formal hypocrite mall then amongft the faints have place.
6 For God approves the juft man's ways, to happinefs they tend ;

But fmners, and the paths they tread, lhall both in ruin end.

PSALM II.

"1TETITH reftlefs and ungovern'd rage why do the heathen ftorm ?
\ T Why in fuch ram attempts engage, as they can ne'er perform?

2 The great in counfel and in might their various forces bring ;
Againft the Lord they all unite, and his anointed king.

3 " Muft we fubmit to their commands?" prefumptuoufly they fay:

" No, let us break their flavim bands, and caft their chains away."

4 But God, who fits enthron'd on high, and fees how they combine,
Does their confpiring ftrength defy, and mocks their vain deiign.

5 Thick clouds of wrath divine lhall break on his rebellious foes ;
And thus will he in thunder fpeak to all that dare oppofe :

6 " Though madly you difpute my will, the king that I ordain,

" Whofe throne is fix'd on Sion's hill, mail there fecurely reign."

7 Attend, O earth, whilft I declare God's uncontroll'd decree ;
" Thou art my Son, this day my heir have I begotten thee.

8 " Alk and receive thy full demands; thine (hall the heathen be :
" The utmoft limits of the lands (hall be poffefs'd by thee.

9 " Thy threat'ning fceptre thou (halt make, and crufh them every where ;
" As mafly bars of iron break the potter's brittle ware.7'

10 Learn then, ye princes; and give ear, ye judges of the earth;

1 1 Worfhip the Lord with holy fear; rejoice with awful mirth.

12 Appeafe the Son with due refpeft, your timely homage pay;
Left he revenge the bold negleft, incens'd by your delay.

13 If but in part his anger rife, who can endure the flame?
Then bleft are they whofe hope relies on his moft holy Name.

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PSALM III— V.

PSALM III.

HOW num'rous, Lord, of late are grown the troublers of my peace !
And, as their numbers hourly rife, fo does their rage increafe.

2 Infulting they my foul upbraid
The God in whom he trufts, fay they,

3 But thou, O Lord, art my defence ;
Thou art my glory, and (halt yet

4 Since whenfoe'er in like diftrefs
He heard me from his holy hill,

^ Guarded by him, I laid me down
For I through him fecurely fleep,

6 No force nor fury of my foes
Were they as many hofts as men

7 Arife and fave me, O my God,
And fcatter'd oft thefe foes to me,

8 Salvation to the Lord belongs,
His bleffing he extends to all

and him whom 1 adore ;
mall refcue him no more,
on thee my hopes rely ;
lift up my head on high,
to God I made my pray'r,
why mould I now defpair ?
my fweet repofe to take ;
through him in fafety wake,
my courage (hall confound,
that have befet rne round,
who oft hail own'd my caufe>
and to thy righteous laws,
he only can defend ;
that on his pow'r depend.

PSALM IV.

OLord, that art my righteous Judge,
Thou ftill redeem'ft me from diftrefs;

2 How long will ye, O fons of men,
How long your vain defigns purfuc,

3 Confider, that the righteous man
And when to him I make my pray'r,

4 Then (land in awe of his commands,
Commune in private with your hearts,

5 The place of other facrifice
And let your hope, fecurely fix'd,

6 While worldly minds impatient grow
Still let the glories of thy face

7 So (hall my heart o'erfiow with joy,
Than their's, who ftores of corn and wine

8 Then down in peace I'll lay my head,
No other guard, O Lord, I crave,

to my complaint give ear :
have mercy, Lord, and hear,
to blot my fame devife?
and fpread malicious lies?
is God's peculiar choice;
he always hears my voice,
flee ev'ry thing that's ill;
and bend them to his will,
let righteoufnefs fupply ;
on God alone rely,
more profp'rous times to fee,
ftiine brightly, Lord, on me.
more lading and more true,
fucceflively renew,
and take my needful reft ;
of thy defence polled.

PSALM V.

LORD, hear the voice of my complaint,
2 To thee alone, my King, my God,

3 Thou in the morn my voice (halt hear,
To thee devoutly I'll look up,

4 For thou the wrongs that 1 fuftain
Who from thy facred dwelling-place

5 Not long (hall ftubborn fools remain
All fuch as ad unrighteous things

6 The fland'ring tongue, O God of truth,
Who hat'ft alike the man in blood

7 But when thy boundlefs grace (hall me
On thee I'll fix my longing eyes,

8 Conduct me by thy righteous laws,
Therefore, O Lord, make plain the way

accept my fecret pray'r;
will I for help repair,
and with the dawning day
to thee devoutly pray,
canft never, Lord, approve ;
all evil doft remove,
unpunim'd in thy view;
thy vengeance (hall purfue.
by thee (hall be deftroy'd,
and in deceit employ 'd.
to thy lov'd courts reftore,
and humbly there adore,
for watchful is my foe ;
wherein I ought to go.

PSALM VI, VIT.

o Their mouth vents nothing but deceit,
Their throat is a devouring grave,

10 By their own counfels let them fall,
For they againft thy righteous laws

1 1 But let all thofe who truft in thee
Let them rejoice whom thou preferv'ft,

12 To righteous men the righteous Lord
And with his favour all his faints,

their heart is fet on wrong ;
they flatter with their tongue,
opprefs'd with loads of fin;
have harden'd rebels been,
with fhouts their joy proclaim ;
and all that love thy Name,
his blefling will extend,
as with a fhield, defend.

PSALM VI.

THY dreadful anger, Lord, reft rain,
Correct me not in thy fierce wrath,

2 Have mercy, Lord, for I grow faint,
The anguifh of my aching bones,

3 My tortur'd flefh diffracts my mind,
But, Lord, how long wilt thou delay

4 Thy wonted goodnefs, Lord, repeat,
j Lord, for thy wondrous mercy's fake

r For after death no more can I
No pris'ner of the filent grave

and fpare a wretch forlorn ;
too heavy to be borne,
unable to endure
which thou alone canft cure,
and fills my foul with grief;
to grant me thy relief?
and eafe my troubled foul ;
vouchfafe to make me whole,
thy glorious acts proclaim;
can magnify thy Name.

6 Quite tir'd with pain, with groaning faint, no hope of eafe I fee ;

The night, that quiets common griefs,

7 My beauty fades, my fight grows dim,
Old age o'ertakes me, whilft I think

8 Depart, ye wicked, in my wrongs
For God, I find, accepts my tears,

o, 10 He hears and grants my humble pray'r ; and they that wi(h my fall,
shall blufh and rage to fee that God protects me from them all.

is fpent in tears by me.
my eyes with weaknefs clofe ;
on my infulting foes,
ye (hall no more rejoice;
and liftens to my voice.

PSALM VII.

OLord my God, fince I have plac'd
From all my perfecutors* rage

2 To fave me from my threat'ning foe,

Left, like a favage lion, he

3, 4 If I am guilty, or did e'er
j Nay, if I have not fpar'd his life,

t Let then to perfecting foes
I Let them to earth tread down my life,
i 6 Arife, and let thine anger, Lord,

Exalt thyfelf above my foes

Awake, awake, in my behalf,

Which thou haft righteoufly ordain'd
• 7 So to thy throne adoring crowds
I 0 ! therefore for their fakes refume
' 8 Impartial Judge of all the world,

According to my juft deferts,

o Let wicked arts and wicked men

But guard the juft, thou God, to whom
I 10, i r God me protects, nor only me,

And daily lays up wrath for thofe
i 12 If they perfift, he whets his fword,

1 3 E'en now, with fwift deftruction wing'd,

my truft alone in thee,
do thou deliver me.
Lord, interpofe thy pow'r ;
my helplefs foul devour,
againft his peace combine ;
who fought unjuftly mine ;
my foul become a prey ;
in duft my honour lay.
in my defence engage;
and their infulting rage,
the judgment to difpenfe,
for injur'd innocence.
fliall ftillforjuftice fly;
thy judgment- feat on high.
I truft my caufe to thee ;
fo let thy fentence be.
together be o'erthrown ;
the hearts of both are known,
but all of upright heart ;
who from his laws depart,
his bow ftands ready bent ;
his pointed (hafts are fent.
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PSALM VIII, IX.

14 The plots are fruitlefs which my foe unjuftly did conceive ;

1 5 The pit he digg'd for me has prov'd his own untimely grave.

1 6 On his own head his fpite returns, whilft I from harm am free j
On hirn the violence is fall'n which he defign'd for me.

1 7 Therefore will I the righteous ways of Providence proclaim ;
I'll fing the praife of God mod high, and celebrate his Name.

PSALM VIII.

OThou, to whom all creatures bow within this earthly frame,
Through all the world how great art thou ! how glorious is thy Name I
In heav'n thy wondrous adts are fung, nor fully reckon 'd there ;

2 And yet thou mak'ft the infant tongue thy boundlefs praife declare.
Through thee the weak confound the llrong, and crufh their haughty foes ;
And fo thou quell' ft the wicked throng, that thee and thine oppofe.

3 When heav'n, thy beauteous work on high, employs my wond'ring fight ;
The moon that nightly rules the iky, with ftars of feebler light;

4 What's man, (fay I,) that, Lord, thou lov'ft to keep him in thy mind?
Or what his offspring, that thou prov'ft to them fo wondrous kind ?

5 Him next in pow'r thou didft create to thy celeftial train ;

6 Ordain 'd with dignity and ftate o'er all thy works to reign.

7 They jointly own his pow'rful fway ; the beafts that prey or graze ;

8 The bird that wings its airy way; the fifh that cuts the feas.

9 O thou, to whom all creatures bow within this earthly frame,
Through all the world how great art thou! how glorious is thy Name !

PSALM IX.

TO celebrate thy praife, O Lord, I will my heart prepare ;

To all the Hft'ning world thy works, thy wondrons works, declare.

2 The thought of them fhall to my foul exalted pleafure bring ;
Whilft to thy Name, O thou moft High, triumphant praife I fing.

3 Thou mad'ft my haughty foes to turn their backs in fhameful flight ;
Struck with thy prefence, down they fell, they perifh'd at thy fight.

4 Againft infulting foes advanc'd, thou didft my caufe maintain ;
My right aflerting from thy throne, where truth and juftice reign,
c The infolence of heathen pride thou haft reduc'd to fhame ;
Their wicked offspring quite deftroy'd, and blotted out their name.

6 Miftaken foes! your haughty threats are to a period come;

Our city ftands, which you defign'd to make our common tomb.

7, 8 The Lord for ever lives, who has his righteous throne prepar'd,

Impartial juftice to difpenfe ; to punifh or reward.

9 God is a conftant fure defence againft oppreffing rage ;

As troubles rife, his needful aids in our behalf engage,
jo All thofe who have his goodnefs prov'd will in his truth confide;

Whofe mercy ne'er forfook the man that on his help relied.

11 Sing praifes, therefore, to the Lord, from Sion, his abode ;
Proclaim his deeds, till all the world confefs no other God.

The Second Part.

12 When he enquiry makes for blood, he calls the poor to mind;
The injur'd humble man's complaint relief from him fhall find.

1 3 Take pity on my troubles, Lord, which fpiteful foes create,
Thou, that haft refcu'd me fo oft from death's devouring gate.

PSALM X.

14. In Sion then I'll fing thy praife, to all that love thy Name ;

And with loud (houts of grateful joy thy faving pow'r proclaim.

if Deep in the pit they digg'd for me the heathen pride is laid ;

Their guilty feet to their own fnare infenfibly betray 'd.

16 Thus, by the juft returns he makes, the mighty Lord is known;
While wicked men by their own plots are mamefully o'erthrown.

17 No fingle finner mall efcape by privacy obfcur'd;
Nor nation from his juft revenge by numbers be fecur'd.

18 His fufPring faints, when moft diftreft, he ne'er forgets to aid;
Their expectation fhall be crown'd, though for a time delay'd.

19 Arife, O Lord, aflert thy pow'r, and let not man o'ercome ;
Defcend to judgment, and pronounce the guilty heathen's doom.

20 Strike terror through the nations round, till, by confenting fear,
They to each other, and themfelves, but mortal men appear.

PSALM X.

THY prefence why withdraw'ft thou, Lord? why hid'ft thou now thy face,
When difmal times of deep diflrefs call for thy wonted grace ?

2 The wicked, fwell'd with lawlefs pride, have made the poor their prey ;
0 let them fall by thofe defigns which they for others lay.

3 For ftraight they triumph, if fuccefs their thriving crimes attend ;
And fordid wretches, whom God hates, perverfely they commend.

4 To own a pow'r above themfelves their haughty pride difdains ;
And therefore in their ftubborn mind no thought of God remains.

c Oppreffive methods they purfue, and all their foes they flight;

Becaufe thy judgments, unobferv'd, are far above their fight.

6 They fondly think their profp'rous ftate ihall unmolefted be ;
They think their vain defigns (hall thrive, from all misfortune free.

7 Vain and deceitful is their fpeech, with curfes fili'd and lies ;
By which the mifchief of their heart they ftudy to difguife.

8 Near publick roads they lie conceal'd, and all their art employ,
The innocent and poor at once to rifle and deitroy.

Q Not lions, couching in their dens, furprife their heedlefs prey

With greater cunning, or exprefs more favage rage than they..

10 Sometimes they aft the harmlefs man, and modeit looks they wear;
That, fo deceiv'd, the poor may lefs their fudden onfet fear.

The Second Part.

1 1 For God, they think, no notice takes of their unrighteous deeds ;
He never minds the fufPring poor, nor their oppreflion heeds.

\z But thou, O Lord, at length arife; irretch forth thy mighty arm;
And, by the greatnefs of thy pow'r, defend the poor from harm.

13 No longer let the wicked vaunt, and proudly boafting fay,
" Turn, God regards not what we do; he never will repay."

14 But fure thou fecit, and all their deeds impartially doft try;
The orphan, therefore, and the poor on thee for aid rely.

15 Defencelefs let the wicked fall, of all their llrength bereft;
Confound, O God, their dark defigns, till no remains are left.

1 6 Aflert thy juft dominion, Lord, which (hall for ever ftand ;
Thou, who the heathen didit expel from this thy chofen land.

17 Thou doft the humble fuppliants hear that to thy throne repair;
Thou firil prepar'ft their hearts to pray, and then accept'ft their pray'r.

1 8 Thou in thy righteous judgment weigh'ft the fatherlefs and poor;
That fo the tyrants of the earth may perfecute no more.

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PSALM XI-XIV.

PSALM XI.

SINCE I have plac'd my truft in God, a refuge always nigh,

Why mould I, like a tim'rous bird, to diftant mountains fly ?

2 Behold, the wicked bend their bow, and ready fix their dart ;
Lurking in ambufli to deftroy the man of upright heart.

3 When once the firm affurance fails which publick faith imparts,
'Tis time for innocence to fly from fuch deceitful arts.

4 The Lord hath both a temple here, and righteous throne above ;
Whence he furveys the fons of men, and how their counfels move*
c If God the righteous, whom he loves, for trial does correct ;
What muft the ions of violence, whom he abhors, expect ?

6 Snares, fire, and brimftone on their heads fhall in one temped mow'r ;
This dreadful mixture his revenge into their cup (hall pour.

7 The righteous Lord will righteous deeds with fignal favour grace ;
And to the upright man difclofe the brightnefs of his face.

PSALM XII.

SINCE godly men decay, O Lord, do thou my caufe defend ;

For fcarce thefe wretched times afford one juft and faithful friend.

2 One neighbour now can fcarce believe what t'other doth impart :
With flatt'ring lips they all deceive, and with a double heart.

3 But lips that with deceit abound can never profper long ;
God's righteous vengeance will confound the proud blafpheming tongue.

4 In vain thofe foolim boafters fay, " Our tongues are fure our own;
" With doubtful words we will betray, and be controll'd by none."

c For God, who hears the fufFring poor, and their oppreflion knows>

Will foon arife and give them reft, in fpite of all their foes.

6 The word of God mail ftill abide, and void of falfehood be,
As is the filver, fev'n times tried, from drofly mixture free.

7 The promife of his aiding grace mail reach the purpos'd end ;
His fervants from this faithlefs race he ever mail defend.

8 Then mall the wicked be perplex'd, nor know which way to fly ;
When thofe, whom they defpis'd and vex'd, mall be advanc'd on high.

PSALM XIII.

HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord? muft I for ever mourn?
How long wilt thou withdraw from me, oh! never to return?

2 How long mail anxious thoughts my foul, and grief my heart opprefs ?
How long my enemies infult, and I have no redrefs?

3 O hear! and to my longing eyes reftore thy wonted light !
And fuddenly, or I (hall fleep in everlafting night.

4 Reftore me, left they proudly boaft 'twas their own ftrength overcame
Permit not them that vex my foul to triumph in my ftiame.

5 Since I have always plac'd my truft beneath thy mercy's wing,
Thy faving health will come, and then my heart with joy mall fpring :

6 Then (hall my fong, with praife inlpir'd, to thee, my God, afcend ;
Who to thy fervant in diftrefs fuch bounty didft extend.

PSALM XIV.

SURE wicked fools muft needs fuppofe that God is nothing but a name;
Corrupt and lewd their praftice grows, no bread is warm'd with holy flame.
2 The Lord look'd down from heav'n's higfrtow'r, and all the fons of men did view,
To fee if any own'd his pow'r, if any truth or juftice knew.

PSALM XV, XVI.

3 But all, lie faw, were gone afide,
None took religion for their guide,

4 But can thefe workers of deceit
That they like bread my people eat,

r How will they tremble then for fear,
For to the righteous God is near,

6 111 men in vain with fcorn expofe
Since God a refuge is for thofe

7 Would he his faving pow'r employ
Then fhouts of univerfal joy

all were degenerate grown and bafe ;
not one of all the finful race,
be all fo dull and fenfelefs grown ;
and God's almighty pow'r difown?
when his juft wrath mall them o'ertake ;
and never will their caufe forfake.
thofe methods which the good purfue ;
whom his juft eyes with favour view,
to break his people's fervile band ;
fhould loudly echo through the land.

PSALM XV.

LORD, who's the happy man that may
Not, ftranger-like, to vifit them,

2 'Tis he, whofe every thought and deed
Whofe gen'rous tongue difdains to fpeak

3 Who never did a flander forge
Nor hearken to a falfe report,

4 Who vice in all its pomp and pow'r
And piety, though cloth'd in rags,

£ Who to his plighted vows and truft
And, though he promife to his lofs,

6 Whofe foul in ufury difdains
Whom no rewards can ever bribe

7 The man, who by this fteady courfe
When earth's foundation (hakes, (hall ftand,

to thy hleft courts repair?

but to inhabit there?

by rules of virtue moves ;

the thing his heart difproves.

his neighbour's fame to wound;

by malice whifper'd round.

can treat with juft neglect ;

religioufly refpeft.

has ever firmly flood ;

he makes his promife good.

his treafure to employ;

the guiltlefs to deftroy.

has happinefs infur'd,

by Providence fecur'd.

PSALM XVI.

PROTECT me from my cruel foes,
Becaufe my truft I ftill repofe

2 My foul all help but thine does flight,
Yet can no deeds of mine requite

3 But thofe that ftriclly virtuous are,
To favour always and prefer

4 How (hall their forrows be increas'd,
Their bloody offerings I deteft,

I My lot is fall'n in that bleft land
e fills my cup with lib'ral hand ;

6 In nature's moft delightful fcene
The place of my appointed reign

7 Therefore my foul (hall blefs the Lord,
And private counfel ftill afford

8 I ftrive each action to approve
No danger (hall my hopes remove,

o Therefore my heart all grief defies,
My flefh (hall reft in hope to rife,

10 Thou, Lord, when I refign my breathj
Nor let thy Holy One in death

1 1 Thou fhalt the paths of life difplay,
Where pleafures dwell without allay,

and fhield me, Lord, from harm,
on thy Almighty arm.
all gods but thee difown;
the goodnefs thou haft mown,
and love the thing that's right,
(hall be my chief delight,
who other gods adore !
their very names abhor,
where God is truly known ;
'tis he fupports my throne,
my happy portion lies ;
all other lands outvies,
whofe precepts give me light,
in forrow's difmal night.
to his all- feeing eye ;
becaufe he ftill is nigh,
my glory does rejoice ;
wak'd by his pow'rful voice,
my foul from hell fhalt free ;
the leaft corruption fee.
that to thy prefence lead ;,
and joys that never fade.

PSALM XVII, XVItl.

PSALM XVII.

TO my juft plea and fad complaint, attend, O righteous Lord,
And to my pray'r, as 'tis unfeign'd, a gracious ear afford.

2 As in thy fight I am approv'd, fo let my fentence be;
And with impartial eyes, O Lord, my upright dealing fee.

3 For thou halt fearch'd my heart by day, and vifited by night ;
And on the ftrifteft trial found its fecret motions right.
Nor mall thy juftice, Lord, alone my heart's defigns acquit ;
For I have purpos'd that my tongue {hall no offence commit.

4 I know what wicked men would do their fafety to maintain ;
But me thy juft and mild commands from bloody paths reft rain.

5 That 1 may ftill, in fpite of wrongs, my innocence fecure ;

O guide me in thy righteous ways, and make my footfteps ftire.

6 Since heretofore I ne'er in vain to thee my pray'r addreft ;
O now, my God, incline thine ear to this my juft requeft.

7 The wonders of thy truth and love in my defence engage ;
Thou, whofe right hand preferves thy faints from their oppreffors' rage.

The Second Part.

8, 9 O! keep me in thy tend'reft care ; thy fhelt'ring wings ftretch out,
To guard me fafe from favage foes, that compafs me about.

10 O'ergrown with luxury, inclos'd in their own fat they lie ;
And with a proud blafpheming mouth both God and man defy.

1 1 Well may they boaft, for they have now my paths encompafs'd round ;
Their eyes at watch, their bodies bow'd, and couching on the ground,

1 2 In pofture of a lion fet, when greedy of his prey ;
Or a young lion, when he lurks within a covert way.

1 3 Arife, O Lord, defeat their plots, their fwelling rage control ;
From wicked men, who are thy fword, deliver thou my foul.

14 From worldly men, thy fharpeft fcourge, whofe portion's here below;
Who, fill'd with earthly ftores, defire no other blifs to know.

1 5 Their race is num'rous that partake their fubftance while they live :
Their heirs furvive, to whom they may the vaft remainder give.

1 6 But I, in uprightnefs, thy face lhall view without control ;
And, waking, (hall its image find reflected in my foul.

PSALM XVIII.

NO change of times lhall ever fnock my firm affeftion, Lord, to thee ;

For thou haft always been my roc;k, a fortrefs and defence to me.

2 Thou my deliverer art, my God, my truft is in thy mighty pow'r :
Thou art my fhield from foes abroad, at home my fafeguard and my tow'r.

3 To thee I will addrefs my pray'r, (to whom all praife we juftly owe ;)
So (hall I, by thy watchful care, be guarded from my treach'rous foe.
4, 5 By floods of wicked men diftrefs'd, with deadly forrows compafs'd round ;
With dire infernal pangs opprefs'd, in death's unwieldy fetters bound.

6 To heav'n I made my mournful pray'r, to God addrefs'd my humble moan ;
Who gracioufly inclin'd his ear, and heard me from his lofty throne.

The Second Part.

7 When God arofe to take my part, the confcious earth did quake for fear
From their firm pofts the hills did ftart, nor could his dreadful fury bear.

8 Thick clouds of fmoke difpers'd abroad, enfigns of wrath before him came ;
Devouring fire around hinl glow'd, that coals were kindled at its flame.

PSALM XVIII.

Q He left the beauteous realms of light, whilft heav'n bow'd down its awful head,
Beneath his feet fubftantial night was like a fable carpet fpread.

io The chariot of the King of kings, which active troops of angels drew,

On a ftrong tempeft's rapid wings, with moil amazing fwiftnefs flew.

11,12 Black wat'ry mifts and clouds confpir'd with thickeft fhades his face to vail ;
But at his brightnefs foon retir'd, and fell in Ihow'rs of fire and hail.

13 Thro' heavVs wide arch a thund'ring peal God's angry voice did loudly roar,
While earth's fa4 face with heaps of hail, and flakes of fire, was cover'd o'er.

14 His (harpen'd arrows round he threw, which made his fcatter'd foes retreat ;
Like darts his nimble lightnings flew, and quickly finifrYd their defeat.

i $ The deep its fecret {tores difclos'd, the world's foundations naked lay;
By his avenging wrath expos'd, which fiercely rag'd that dreadful day.

The Third Part.

1 6 The Lord did on my fide engage, from heav'n, his throne, my caufe upheld;
Aud fnatch'd me from the furious rage of threat'ning waves that proudly fwell'd.

17 God his refiftlefs pow'r employ 'd, my ftrongeft foes' attempts to break j
Who elfe with eafe had foon deftroy'd the weak defence that I could make.

1 8 Their fubtle rage had near prevail'd, when I diftrefs'd and friendiefs lay ;
But ftill, when other fuccours fail'd, God was my firm fupport and ftay.

19 From dangers that inclos'd me round, he brought me forth and fet me free ;
For fome juft caufe his goodnefs found, that mov'd him to delight in me.

20 Becaufe in me no guilt remains, God does his gracious help extend ;
My hands are free from bloody ftain-s, therefore the Lord is ilill my friend.

21 > 22 For I his judgments kept in light, in his juft paths I always trod ;

I never did his ftatutes flight, nor loofely wander'd from my God.

23, 24 But ftill my foul, fincere and pure, did e'en from darling fins refrain;
His favours, therefore, yet endure, becaufe my heart and hands are clean,

The Fourth Part.

25, 26 Thou fuit'ft, O Lord, thy righteous ways to various paths of human kind ;

They, who for mercy merit praife, with thee fhall wondrous mercy find.

Thou to the juft malt juftice fliow, the pure thy purity (hall fee;

Such as perverfely choofe to go, mall meet with due returns from thee.

27, 28 That he the humble foul will fave, and crufh the haughty's boafted might,

In me the Lord an inftance gave, whofe darknefs he has turn'd to light.

29 On his firm fuccour I relied, and did o'er num'rous foes prevail;
Nor fear'd, whilft he was on my fide, the beft defended walls to fcale.

30 For God's defigns mail ftill fucceed ; his word will bear the utmoft teft :
He's a ftrong ftiicld to all that need, and on his furc protection reft.

3 1 Who then deferves to be ador'd, but God, on whom my hopes depend ?
Or who, except the mighty Lord, can with refiftlefs pow'r defend,?

The Fifth Part.

32, 33 'Tis God that girds my armour on, and all my juft defigns fulfils ;

Through him my feet can fwiftly run, and nimbly climb the fteepeft hills.

34 Leflbns of war from him I take, and manly weapons learn to wield ;
Strong bows of fteel with eafe to break, forc'd by my ftronger arms to yield.

35 The buckler of his faving health protects me from aflaulting foes;
His hand fuftaina me ftill, my wealth and grcatnefs from his bounty flows.

36 My goings he enlarg'd abroad, till then to narrow paths confm'd ;
And, when in flippery ways I trod, the method of my ftej?s defign'd.

PSALM XIX.

37 Through him I num'rous hofts defeat, and flying fquadrons captive take;
Nor from my fierce purfuit retreat, till I a final conqueft make.

38 Cover'd with wounds, in vain they try their vanquifh'd heads again to rear;
Spite of their boafted ftrength they lie beneath my feet, and grovel there.

39 God, when frefti armies take the field, recruits my ftrength, my courage warms;
He makes my ftrong oppofers yield, fubdu'd by my prevailing arms.

40 Through him the necks of proftrate foes my conqu'ring teet in triumph prefs;
Aided by him, I root out thofe who hate and envy my fuccefs.

41 With loud complaints all friends they tried, but none was able to defend ;
At length to God for help they cried, but God would no afllftance lend.

42 Like flying duft which winds purfue, their broken troops I fcatter'd round,
Their flaughter'd bodies forth I threw, like loathfome dirt that clogs the ground.

The Sixth Part.

43 Our factious tribes, at ftrife till now,
The heathen to my fceptre bow,

44 Remoteft realms their homage fend,
Strangers for my commands attend,

45 All to my fummons tamely yield,
For ftronger holds they quit the field,

46 Let the eternal Lord be prais'd,
O'er higheft heav'ns his Name be rais'd,

47 'Tis God that ftill fupports my right,
'Tis he that with refiftlefs might

48 My univerfal fafeguard he !

He made me great, and fet me free

49 Therefore to celebrate his fame
And nations, ftrangers to his Name,

50 " God to his king deliv'rance fends,
" His mercy evermore extends

by God's appointment me obey ;
and foreign nations own my fway.
when my fuccefsful name they hear ;
charm 'd with refpect, or aw'd by fear,
or foon in battle are difmay'd ;
and ftill in ftrongeft holds afraid,
the rock on whofe defence I reft ;
who me with his falvation bleft.
his juft revenge my foes purfues;
fierce nations to my yoke fubdues.
from whom my lafting honours flow;
from my remorfelefs bloody foe.
my grateful voice to heav'n I'll raife ;
fhall thus be taught to fing his praife.
fhows his anointed fignal grace,
to David and his promis'd race."

PSALM XIX.

THE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lordj
The firmament and ftars exprefs

2 The dawn of each returning day
From darkeft night's fucceflive rounds

3 Their pow'rful language to no realm
'Tis nature's voice, and underftood

4 Their doctrine does its facred fenfe
Whofe bright contents the circling fun

c No bridegroom, for his nuptials dreft,
No giant does like him rejoice
6 From eaft to weft, from weft to eaft,
And through his progrefs cheerful light

which that alone can fill ;
their great Creator's ikill.
frefti beams of knowledge brings
divine inftruction fprings.
or region is confined ;
alike by all mankind,
through earth's extent difplay ;
does round the world convey,
has fuch a cheerful face ;
to run his glorious race,
his reftlefs courfe he goes ;
and vital warmth beftows.

The Second Part.

7 God's perfect law converts the foul,
With facred wifdom his fure word

8 The ftatutes of the Lord are juft,
His pure commands, in fearch of truth,

0 His perfect worfhip here is fix'd,
His equal laws are in the fcales

1 o Of more efteera than golden mines,
More fweet than honey t or the drops

reclaims from falfe defires;
the ignorant infpires.
and bring fincere delight ;
affift the feebleft fight,
on fure foundations laid ;
of truth and juftice weigh'd.
or gold refin'd with Ikill ;
that from the comb diftil.

PSALM XX, XXI.

1 1 My trufty counfellors they are,
Divine rewards attend on thofe

12 But what frail man obferves how oft
O clean fe me from my fecret faults,

13 Let no prefumptuous fin, O Lord,
That, by thy grace preferv'd, I may

14 So lhall my pray'r and praifes be
And J, fecure on thy defence,

and friendly warnings give ;
who by thy precepts live,
he does from virtue fall?
thou God that know'ft them all
dominion have o'er me ;
the great tranfgrelfion flee,
with thy acceptance bleft ;
my ftrength and faviour, reft.

PSALM XX.

THE Lord to thy requeft attend,
The Name of Jacob's God defend,

2 To aid thee from on high repair,

3 Remember all thy off'rings there,

4 To compafs thy own heart's defire,
Make kindly all events confpire

r To thy falvation, Lord, for aid
With banners in thy name difplay'd,
6 Our hopes are fix'd, that now the Lord
From heav'n refiftlefs aid afford,

and hear thee in diftref^ :

and grant thy arms fuccefs.

and ftrength from Sion give ;

thy facrifice receive.

thy counfels (till direft;

to bring them to effect.

we cheerfully repair,

" The Lord accept thy pray'r.

our fov'reign will defend ;

and to his pray'r attend.

on chariots fome rely ;

the pow'r of God moft high.

7 Some truft in fteeds for war defign'dj
Againft them all we'll call to mind

8 But, from their fteeds and chariots thrown, behold them through the plain,
Diforder'd, broke, and trampled down, whilft firm our troops remain.

o Still fave us, Lord, and ftill proceed our rightful caufe to blefs ;
Hear, King of heav'n, in times of need, the pray'rs that we addrefs.

PSALM XXI.

THE king, O Lord, with fongs of praife lhall in thy ftrength rejoice;
With thy falvation crown'd, (hall raife to heav'n his cheerful voice.

not only didft impart ;
the wifhes of his heart.

2 For thou, uhate'er his lips requeft,
But haft with thy acceptance bleft

3 Thy goodnefs and thy tender care

A crown of gold thou mad'ft him wear,

4 He pray'd for life, and thou,O Lord,
And gracioufly to him afford

5 Thy fure defence through nations round has fpread his glorious name ;
And his fuccefsful aclions crown'd with majefty and fame.

6 Eternal bleffings thou beftow'ft, and mak'ft his joys increafe ;
Whilit thou to him unclouded fhow'ft the brightnefs of thy face.

The Second Part.

have all his hopes outgone ;
and fett'ft it firmly on.
didft his fliort fpan extend ;
a life that ne'er fhall end.

I Becaufe the king on God alone
His mercy ftill fupports his throne,

8 But, righteous Lord, thy ftubborn foes
Thy vengeful arm fhall find out thofe
o When thou againft them doft engage,
Shall, like a glowing oven's rage,
10 Nor (hall thy furious anger ceafe,
But root out all their guilty race,

I 1 For all their thoughts were fet on ill,
But thou, with watchful care, didft ftill

for timely aid relies ;
and all his wants fupplies.
lhall feel thy heavy hand ;
that hate thy mild command,
thy juft but dreadful doom
their hopes and them confamc.
or with their ruin end ;
and to their feed extend,
their hearts on malice bent ;
the ill effeds prevent.

PSALM XXII.

1 2 In vain, by mameful flight, they'll try to Tcape thy dreadful might,
While thy fwift darts (hall fatter fly, and gall them in their flight.

1 3 Thus, Lord, thy wondrous ftrength difclofe, and thus exalt thy fame ;
Whilft we glad fongs of praife compofe to thy Almighty Name.

PSALM XXII.

MY God, my God, why leav'ft thou me when I with anguifh faint?

O why fo far from me removed, and from my loud complaint ?

2 All day, but all the day unheard, to thee do I complain;
With cries implore relief all night> but cry all night in vain.

3 Yet thou art ilill the righteous judge of innocence opprefs'd :
And therefore Ifrael's praifes are of right to thee addrefs'd.
4, 5 On thee our anceftors relied, and thy deliv'rance found ;
With pious confidence they pray'd, and with fuccefs were crown'd.

6 But I am treated like a worm, like none of human birth ;
Not only by the great revil'd, but made the rabble's mirth.

7 With laughter all the gazing crowd my agonies furvey ;
They moot the lip, they (hake the head, and thus deriding fay :

8 " In God he trufled, boafting oft that he was Heav'n's delight ;
" Let God come down to fave him now, and own his favourite."

The Second Part.

9 Thou mad'ft my teeming mother's womb a living offspring bear ;
When but a fuckling at the breaft I was thy early care.

i o Thou, guardian-like, didft fhield from wrongs my helplefs infant days ;

And fince haft been my God and guide through life's bewilder'd ways.

1 i Withdraw not then fo far from me, when trouble is fo nigh ;
O fend me help ! thy help, on which I only can rely.

1 2 High pamper'd bulls, a frowning herd, from Bafan's foreft met,
With ftrength. proportioned to their rage, have me around befet.

1 3 They gape on me, and ev'ry mouth a yawning grave appears ;
The defert lion's favage roar lefs dreadful is than their's.

The Third Part.

14 My blood like water's fpill'd, my joints are rack'd and out of frame j
My heart diflblves within my breaft, like wax before the flame.

1 5 My ftrength like potter's earth is parch'd, my tongue cleaves to my jaws ;
And to the lilent {hades of death my fainting foul withdraws.

16 Like blood-hounds, to furround me, they in pack'd afTemblies meet;
Iliey pierc'd my inoffeniive hands, they pierc'd my harmlefs feet.

17 My body's rack'd, till all my bones diftincUy may be told :
Yet fuch a fpeclacle of woe as paftime they behold.

1 8 As fpoil, my garments they divide, lots for my vefture caft :

19 Therefore approach, O Lord, my ftrength, and to my fuccour haftc.

20 From their iharp fword protedl thou me, of all but life bereft!
Nor let my darling in the pow'r of cruel dogs be left.

21 To fave me from the lion's jaws thy prefent fuccour fend;
As once from goring unicorns thou didft my life defend.

22 Then to my brethren I'll declare the triumphs of thy Name,
In prefence of aflembled faints thy glory thus proclaim :

23 " Ye wormippers of Jacob's God, all you of Ifrael's line,
" O praife the Lord, and to your praife fincere obedience join.

24 " He ne'dr difiiain'd on low diftrefs to caft a gracious eye ;

" Nor turn'd from poverty his face, but hears its humble cry."

PSALM XXIII, XXIV.

The Fourth Part.

\ 25 Thus in thy facred courts will I
| In prefence of thy faints perform
I 26 The meek companions of my grief
! And all that feek the Lord fhall be
j 27 Then fhall the glad converted world
1 And fcatter'd nations of the earth
I 28 'Tis his fupreme prerogative
'Tis juft that he mould rule the world,
29 The rich, Who are with plenty fed,
The fons of want, by him relieved,
With humble worfhip to his throne
That pow'r, which firft their beings gave,
30, 3 1 Then fliall a chofen fpotlefs race,
To their admiring heirs his truth

my cheerful thanks exprefs ;
the vows of my diftrefs.
mail find my tabl^ fpread ;
with joys immortal fed.
to God their homage pay ;
one fov'reign Lord obey,
o'er fubjeft kings to reign ;
who does the world fuftain.
his bounty muft confefs ;
their gen'rous patron blefs.
they all for aid refort ;
can only them fupport.
devoted to his Name,
and glorious acls proclaim.

PSALM XXIII.

THE Lord himfelf, the mighty Lord,
The Ihepherd, by whofe conftant care

2 In tender grafs he makes me feed,
Then leads me to cool (hades, and where

3 He does my wand'ring foul reclaim,
Inftruft with humble zeal to walk

4 I pafs the gloomy vale of death,
For there his aiding rod and ftaff
«j In prefence of my fpiteful foes

He crowns my cup with cheerful wine,
6 Since God does thus his wondrous love
That life to him I will devote,

vouch fafes to be my guide ;
my wants are all fupplied.
and gently there repofe ;
refreftiing water flows,
and, to his endlefs praife,
in his mod righteous ways,
from fear and danger free ;
defend and comfort me.
he does my table fpread,
with oil anoints my head,
through all my life extend,
and in his temple fpend*

PSALM XXIV.

THIS fpacious earth is all the Lord's, the Lord's her fulnefs is;
The world, and they that dwell therein, by fov'reign right are his.

2 He fram'd and fixM it on the feas, and his Almighty hand
Upon inconftant floods has made the ftable fabrick itand.

3 But for himfelf this Lord of all one chofen feat defign'd ;
O! who fhall to that facred hill defir'd admittance find!

4 The man whofe hands and heart are pure, whofe thought from pride are free ;
Who honeft poverty prefers to gainful perjury.

c This, this is he, on whom the Lord fhall fhow'r his blefllngs down,
Whom God his Saviour fhall vouchfafe

6 Such is the race of faints, by whom
And fuch the profelytes that feek

7 ErecT: your heads, eternal gates,
The King of glory : fee, he comes

8 Who is this King of glory ? who ?

In battle mighty, o'er his foes

9 Ereft your heads, ye gates, unfold
The King of glory ; fee, he comes

10 Who is this King of glory ? who?
Of glory he alone is King,

with righteoufnefs to crown.

the facred courts are trod;

the face of Jacob's God.

unfold to entertain

with his celeftial train.

the Lord for ftrength rcnown'd ;

eternal viclor crown'd.

in ftate to entertain

with all his finning train.

the Lord of hofts renown'd ;

who is with glory crown'd.

PSALM XXV, XXVI.
PSALM XXV.

TO God, in whom I truft,
2 O let me not be put to fliame,
3 Thofe who on thee rely,
Be that the fhameful lot of fuch
4> 5 To me thy truth impart,
For thou art he that brings me help,

6 Thy mercies and thy love,
And gracioufly continue ftill,

7 Let all my youthful crimes

And, for thy wondrous goodnefs* fake,

8 His mercy and his truth

In bringing wand'ring fmners home,

9 He thofe in juftice guides
And in his facred paths fliall lead
I o Through all the ways of God
To fuch as with religious hearts

I lift my heart and voice ;
nor let my foes rejoice,
let no difgrace attend;
as wilfully offend,
and lead me in thy way ;
on thee I wait all day.
O Lord, recall to mind ;
as thou wert ever, kind,
be blotted out by thee ;
in mercy think on me.
the righteous Lord difplays,
and teaching them his ways,
who his direction feek ;
the humble and the meek,
both truth and mercy fhine,
to his bleft will incline.

The Second Part.

1 1 Since mercy is the grace
Forgive my heinous fin, O Lord,
i z Whoe'er with humble fear
Shall find the Lord a faithful guide

13 His quiet foul with peace
And by his num'rous race the land

1 4 For God to all his faints

And does his gracious cov'nant write

1 5 To him I lift my eyes,

Who breaks the ftrong'' and treach'rous

1 6 O turn, and all my griefs,

For I am compafs'd round with woes,

1 7 The forrows of my heart

O from this dark and difmai ftate

1 8 Do thou with tender eyes
Acquit me, Lord, and from my guilt

19 Confider, Lord, my foes,

What lawlefs force and rage they ufe,

20 Protect and fet my foul

Nor let me be afham'd, who place

21 Let all my righteous acts
Becaufe my firm and conitant hope

22 To Ifrael's chofen race

And in the midft of all their wants

that moft exalts thy fame,
and fo advance thy Name,
to God his duty pays,
in all his righteous ways,
mail be for ever bleft,
fucceffively pofleft.
his fecret will imparts,
in their obedient hearts,
and wait his timely aid,
fnare, which for my feet was laid,
in mercy, Lord, redrefs ;
and plung'd in deep diftrcfs.
to mighty fums increafe;
my troubled foul releafe.
my fad afflictions fee ;
entirely fet me free,
how vaft their numbers grow ;
what boundlefs hate they (how !
from their fierce malice free;
my fteadfaft truft in thee.
to full perfection rife,
on thee alone relies,
continue ever kind ;
let them thy fuccour find.

PSALM XXVI.

JUDGE me, O Lord, for I the paths of riehteoufnefs have trod ;
I cannot fail, who all my truft repofe on thee, my God.

2> 3 Search, prove my heart, whofe innocence will mine the more 'tis tried;
For I have kept thy grace in view, and made thy truth my guide.

4 I never for companions took the idle or profane ;

No hypocrite, with all his arts, could e'er my friendmip gain.

5 I hate the bufy plotting crew, who make diftrafted times;
And ftiun their wicked company, as I avoid their crimes.

PSALM XXVIt, XXV1IL

6 Til wafli my hands in innocence,

That when thy altar I approach,

7, 8 My thanks I'll publifti there, and tell

That feat affords me moft delight,

9 Pafs not on me the Tinners' doom,

jo Who others' rights, by fecret bribes,

11 But I will walk in paths of truth,
Protect me, therefore, and to me

1 2 In fpite of all affaulting foes
And (hall furvive amongft thy faints,

PSALM

and bring a heart fo pure*
my welcome (hall fee u re.
how thy renown excels ;
in which thy honour dwells,
who murder make their trade ;
or open force invade,
and innocence purfue :
thy mercies, Lord, renew.
I ftill maintain my ground ;
thy praifes to refound.
XXVII.

WHOM fhould I fear, fmce God to me is faving health and light?
Since ftrongly he my life fupports, what can my foul affright ?
B With fierce intent my flefh to tear, when foes befet me round,

They {tumbled, and their lofty crefts were made to ftrike the ground.

3 Through him my heart, undaunted, dares with num'rous hofts to cope;

Through him in doubtful ftraits of war,

4 Henceforth within his houfe to dwell
.His wondrous beauty there to view,

5 For there may I with comfort reft,
And fafe as on a rock abide,

6 Whilft God o'er all my haughty foes
'And I my joyful off'ring bring,

The Second Part.

7 Continue, Lord, to hear my voice, whene'er to thee I cry ;
In mercy all my pray'rs receive,

( 8 When us to feek thy glorious face
'" Thy glorious face Til always feek,

Q Then hide not thou thy face, O Lord,

My God and Saviour, leave not him

10 Though all my friends and neareft kin

Yet thou, whofe love excels them all,

I T Inftruct me in thy paths, O Lord,

Left envious men, who watch my fteps,

12 Lord, difappoint my cruel foes,
Whofe lying lips and bloody hands

13 I trufted that my future life
Or elfe my fainting foul had funk,

14 God's time with patient faith expect,
With inward ftrength ; do thou thy part,

PSALM

for good fuccefs I hope.

I earneftly defire,

and his bleft will enquire.

in times of deep diftrefs ;

in that fecure recefs;

my lofty head {hall raife,

and fing glad fongs of praife.

nor my requefts deny,
thou kindly doft advife ;
my grateful heart replies,
nor me in wrath reject ;
thou didft fo oft protect,
their helplefs charge forfake,
wilt care and pity take,
my ways directly guide ;
fhould fee me tread afide.
defeat their ill defire,
againft my peace confpire.
(hould with thy love be crown'd,
with forrow compaG'd round,
and he'll infpire thy breaft
and leave to him the reft.

XXVIII.

OLord, my rock, to thee I cry,
O anfwer, or I {hall become

2 Regard my fupplication, Lord,
With weeping eyes and lifted hands

3 Let me efcape the finners' doom,
And ever fpeak the perfon fair,

4 According to their crimes' extent
Relentlefs be to them, as they

c Since they the works of God dcfpifc,
His wrath ihall utterly dcftroy.

in fighs confume my breath ;
like thofe that fleep in death,
the cries that 1 repeat,
before thy mercy feat,
who make a trade of ill ;
whofe blood they mean to fpill.
let juftice have its courfe :
have finn'd without remorfe.
nor will his grace adore ;
and build them up no more.
B

PSALM XXIX, XXX.

6 But I, with due acknowledgment,
From whom the cries of my diftrefs

7 My heart its confidence repos'd
In him I trufted, and returned

As he hath made my joys complete.
The cheerful tribute of my thanks,

8 " His aiding pow'r fupports the troops
" 'Twas he advanc'd me to the throne,
o Preferve thy chofen, and proceed
With plenty profper them in peace ;

his praifes will refound,
a gracious anfwer found,
in God, my ftrength and ftiiekl;
triumphant from the field,
'tis juft that I mould raife
and thus refound his praife :
that my juft caufe maintain:
'tis he fecures my reign."
thine heritage to blefs ;
in battle with fuccefs.

PSALM XXIX.

YE princes that in might excel,
God's glorious actions loudly tell,

2 To his great Name frefli altars raife,
Him in his holy temple praife,

3 'Tis he that with amazing noife
The ocean trembles at his voice,

your grateful facrifice prepare ;
his wondrous pow'r to all declare,
devoutly due refpecl: afford ;
where he's with folemn ftate ador'd.
the wat'ry clouds in funder breaks ;
when he from heav'n in thunder fpeaks

4, 5 How full of power his voice appears ! with what majeftick terror crown'd !

Which from their roots tall cedars tears, and ftrews their fcatter'd branches round

6 They, and the hills on which they grow, are fometimes hurried far away ;

And leap like hinds that bounding go, or unicorns in youthful play.

7, 8 When God in thunder loudly fpeaks, and fcatter'd flames of lightning fends,

The foreft nods, the defert quakes, and ftubborn Kadefh lowly bends.

9 He makes the hinds to caft their young, and lays the beafts' dark coverts bare

While thofe that to his courts belong fecurely fing his praifes there.

10, 1 1 God rules the angry floods on high; his boundlefs fway mail never ceafe ;

His people he'll with ftrength fupply, and blefs his own with conftant peace

PSALM XXX.

T'LL celebrate thy praifes, Lord, who didft thy pow'f employ

To raife my drooping head, and check my foes' infulting joy.

2, 3 In my diftrefs I cried to thee,
And from the grave's expecting jaws
4 Thus to his courts, ye faints of his,
With me commemorate his truth,
c His wrath has but a moment's reign,
Your night of grief is recompens'd

6 But I in profp'rous days prefum'd ;
Whilft in my funfhine of fuccefs

7 But foon I found thy favour, Lord,
For when thou hid'ft thy face, I faw

8 Then, as I vainly had prefum'd,
And thus, with fupplicating voice,

9 " What profit is there in my blood,
" Can filent alhes fpeak thy praife,

who kindly didft relieve,

my hopelefs life retrieve.

with fongs of praife repair;

and providential care.

his favour no decay;

with joy's returning day.

no fudden change I fear'd,

no lowering cloud appear 'd.

my empire's only truft ;

my honour laid in duft.

my error I confefs'd;

thy mercy's throne addrefs'd :

congeal'd by death's cold night?

thy wondrous truth recite ?

thy wonted aid extend ;

I can for help depend."

10 " Hear me, O Lord ; in mercy, hear
« Do thou fend help, on whom alone

1 1 'Tis done ! Thou haft my mournful fcene to fongs and dances turn'd ;
Invefted me with robes of ftate, who late in fackcloth mourn'd.

1 2 Exalted thus, I'll gladly fing thy praife in grateful verfe ;

as thy favours cndlew are, thy endlefs praife rehearfe.

PSALM XXXI.

P S A L M XXXI.

DEFEND me, Lord, from frame,
As juft and righteous is thy Name,

2 Bow down thy gracious ear,

Do thou my fteadfaft rock appear,

3 Since thou, when foes opprefs,
To guide me forth from this diftrefs

4 Reieafe me from the fnare
Since I, O God my ftrength, repair

5 To thee, the God of truth,

For thou preferv'ft me from my youth,)
~ All vain defigns I hate,
And Hill my foul in every ftate

for ftill I truft in thee;
from danger fet me free,
and fpeedy fuccour fend;
to fhelter and defend,
my rock and fortrefs art,
thy wonted help impart,
which they have clofely laid,
to thee alone for aid.
my life, and all that's mine,
I willingly refign.
of thofe that truft in lies ;
to God for fuccour flies.

The Second Part.

7 Thofe mercies thou haft mown
ror thou haft feen my ftraits, and known
5 When Keilah's treach'rous race
Thou gav'ft my feet a larger fpace
i Thy mercy, Lord, difplay,
ror both my foul and flefh decay,

0 Sad thoughts my life opprefs ;

Vfy fins have made my ftrength decreafe,

1 My foes my fuff'rings mock'd ;

VTy friends, at fight of me, were (hock'd,

2 Forfook by all am I,
And like a fhatter'd veffel lie,

3 Yet fland'ring words they fpeak,
VVhilft they together counfel take

4 But ftill my fteadfaft truft

"hat thou, my God, art good and juft,

I'll cheerfully exprefs ;
my foul in deep diftrefs.
did all my ftrength enclofe,
to fhua my watchful foes,
and hear my juft complaint;
with grief and hunger faint,
my years are fpent in groans ;
and e'en confum'd my bones,
my neighbours did upbraid ;
and fled as men difmay'd.
as dead and out of mind ;
whofe parts can ne'er be join'd,
and feem my pow'r to dread;
my guiltlefs blood to fhed.
I on thy help repofe ;
my foul with comfort knows.

The Third Part.

r Whate'er events betide,

"hen, Lord, thy fervant fafely hide

6 The brightnefs of thy face
"\nd, as thy mercies ftill increafe,

7 Me from difhonour fave,

that, and (Hence in the grave,

8 Do thou their tongues reftrain,
iVho falfe reports, with proud difdain,

9 How great thy mercies are

Much thou, for thofe that truft thy care,

0 Thou keep'ft them in thy fight,
"rom tongues that do in ft rife delight

1 With glory and renown

Vhofe love in Keilah's well-fenc'd town

2 I faid, in hafty flight,

ret ftill tliou kept'ft me in thy fight,
2-3 O all ye faints, the Lord
Who to the juft will help afford,
24 Ye that on God rely,
For he will ftill your hearts fuppljr

thy wifdom times them all :
from thofe that feek his fall,
to me, O Lord, difclofe;
preferve me from my foes,
who ftill have call'd on thee ;
the finner's portion be.
whofe breath in lies is fpent ;
againft the righteous vent.
to fuch as fear thy Name,
doft to the world proclaim !
from proud oppreitors free ;
they are preferv'd by thee.
God's Name be ever blefs'd;
was wondroufly exprefs'd !
" I'm banim'd from thine eyes !"
and heard'ft my earneft cries,
with eager love purfue ;
and give the proud their due.
courageously proceed :
with Strength in time of need.

PSALM XXXII, XXXIII.

PSALM XXXII.

HE'sblefs'd whofe fins have pardon gain'd, no more in judgment to appear j
2 Whofe guilt remiffion has obtained, and whofe repentance is fincere.
While I conceal'd the fretting fore, my bones confum'd without relief;

3 While 1 conceal'd the fretting
All day did I with anguifli roar,

4 Heavy on me thy hand remain'd,
Till quite of vital moifture drain'd,
c No fooner I my wound difclos'd,
But thy forgivenefs interpos'd,

6 True penitents fhall thus fucceed,
And, from the common deluge freed

7 Thy favour, Lord, in all diftrefs,
Thou (halt my haughty foes fupprefs,

8 In my inftruftion then confide,
Your progrefs I'll fecurely guide,

9 Submit yourfelves to wifdom's rule,
Not like th' ungovern'd horfe and mule

but no complaint affwag'd rny grief.

by day and night alike diftrefs'd ;
like land with fu turner's drought opprefs'd.

the guilt that tortur'd me within,

and mercy's healing balm pour'd in.
who feek thee whilft thou may'ft be found

fhall fee remorfelefs finners drown'd.

my tow'r of refuge I muft own;

and me with fongs of triumph crown.

you that would truth's fafe path defcry

and keep you in my watchful eye.

like men that reafon have attain'd ;

whofe fury muft be curb'd and rcin'd.

the harden'd finner fhall confound,

ble flings of mercy mail fur round.

10 Sorrows on forrows multiplied
But them who in his truth confide,

1 1 His faints that have perform'd his laws their life in triumph fhall employ ;
Let them, as they alone have caufe, in grateful raptures fhout for joy.

PSALM XXXIII.

LET all the juft to God with joy
For well the righteous it becomes
2, 3 Let harps, and pfalteries, and lutes
And new-made fongs of loud applaufe
4, 5 For faithful is the word of God,
He juflice loves, and all the earth

6 By his Almighty word at firft
And all the beauteous hofts of light

7 The fwelling floods, together roll'd,
And lays, as in a ftorehoufe fafe,

8, 9 Let earth and all that dwell therein
For when he fpake the word 'twas made,
i o He, when the heathen clofely plot,
His wifdom ineffectual makes
1 1 Whatever the mighty Lord decrees
The fettled purpofe of his heart

their cheerful voices raife,
to fing glad fongs of praife.
in joyful concert meet,
the harmony complete,
his works with truth abound ;
is with his goodnefs crown'd.
heav'n's glorious arch was rear'dj>
at his command appear'd.
he makes in heaps to lie ;
the wat'ry treafures by.
before him trembling ftand ;
'twas fix'd at his command,
their counfels undermines ;
the people's rafh defigns.
fhall ftand ibr ever fure;
to ages fhall endure.

The Secofid Part.

12 How happy then are they, to whom the Lord for God is known !
Whom he from all the world befides has chofen for his own !

13, 14, 15; He all the nations of the earth from heav'n, his throne, furvey'd;
He faw their works, and view'd their thoughts, by him their hearts were made,
16, 17 No king is fafe by num'rous hofts, their ftrength the ftrong deceives;
No manag'd horfe, by force or fpeed, his warlike rider faves.

1 8, 1 9 'Tis God, who thofe that truft in him beholds with gracious eyes ;
He frees their foul from death, their want in time of dearth fupplies.
20, 21 Our foul on God with patience waits, our help and (hield is he ;
Then, Lord, let ftill our hearts rejoice, becaufe we truft in thec.
22 The riches of thy mercy, Lord, do thou to us extend ;

Since we for all we want or wifh on thee alone depend.

PSALM XXXIV, XXXV.

PSALM XXXIV.

THROUGH all the changing fcenes of life, in trouble and in joy,
The praifes of my God mall ftill my heart and tongue employ.

2 Of his deliv'rance I will boaft, till all that are diftreft,
From my example comfort take, and charm their griefs to reft.

3 O magnify the Lord with me, with me exalt his Name ;

4 When in diftrefs to him I call'd, he to my refcue came.

c Their drooping hearts were foon refrefh'd, who look'd to him for aid;

t)efir'd fuccefs in cv'ry face a cheerful air difplay'd.

6 " Behold," fay they, " behold the man whom Providence reliev'd;
« So dang'roufly with woes befet, fo wondroufly retriev'd."

7 The hofts of God encamp around the dwellings of the juft ;
Deliv'rance he affords to all who on his fuccour truft.

8 O make but trial of his love, experience will decide,
How blefs'd they are, and only they, who in his truth confide.
o Fear him, ye faints, and you will then have nothing elfe to fear;
Make you his fervice your delight, your wants mall be his care.

10 While hungry lions lack their prey, the Lord will food provide
For fuch as put their truft in him, and fee their wants fupplied.

The Second Part.

1 1 Approach, ye pioufly difpos'd, and my inftruftion hear :
Til teach you the true difcipline of his religious fear.

12 Let him, who length of life defires, and profp'rous days would fee,

13 From fland'ring language keep his tongue, his lips from falfehood free.

14 The crooked paths of vice decline, and virtue's ways purfue;
Eftablifh peace where 'tis begun, and where 'tis loft renew.

15 The Lord from heav'n beholds the juft with favourable eyes;
And, when diftrefs'd, his gracious ear is open to their cries :

16 But turns his wrathful look on thofe, whom mercy can't reclaim,
To cut them off, and from the earth blot out their hated name.

17 Deliv'rance to his faints he gives, when his relief they crave;

1 8 He's nigh to heal the broken heart, and contrite fpirit fave.

19 The wicked oft, but ftill in vain, againft the juft confpire;

20 For under their affliction's weight he keeps their bones entire.

2 1 The wicked from their wicked arts their ruin (hall derive ;
Whilft righteous men, whom they deteft, fhall them and theirs furvive.

22 For God preferves the fouls of thofe who on his truth depend,
To them and their pofterity his bleflings {hall defcend.

PSALM XXXV.

A GAINST all thofe that ftrivewith me, O Lord, aflert my right;
With fuch as war unjuftly wage do thou my battles fight.

2 Thy buckler take, and bind thy ihield upon thy warlike arm;
Stand up, my God, in my defence, and keep me fafe from harm.

3 Bring forth thy fpear, and ftop their courfe, that hafte my blood to fpill ;
Say to my foul, " 1 am thy health, and will preferve thee ftill."

4 Let them with fhame be cover'd o'er, who my deft ruction fought ;
And fuch as did my harm devife be to confufion brought.

5 Then mail they fly, difpers'd like chaff before the driving wind ;
God's vengeful minifter of wrath (hall follow clofe behind.

PSALM XXXV

6 And when through dark and flipp'ry
Kis vengeful minifters of wrath

7 Since, unprovoked by any wrong,
And for my harmlefs foul a pit

8 Surpris'd by mifchiefs unforefeen,
Their feet (hall fall into the net

9 Whilft my glad foul (hall God's great
And, by his faving health fecur'd,

i o My very bones fhall fay, O Lord,
Who fett'ft the poor and helplefs man

ways they ftrire his rage to fhun,

fhall goad them as they run.

they hid their treach'rous fnarc ;

did without caufe prepare.

by their own arts betray 'd;

which they for me had laid.
Name for this deliv 'ranee blefs,

its grateful joy exprefs ;

who can compare with thee,

from ftrong oppreffors free ?

The Second Part.

1 1 Falfe witnefTes, with forg'd complaints,
And to my charge fuch things they laid

1 2 The good which I to them had done,
And did, by malice undeferv'd,

13 But as for me, when they were fick,
I pray'd and failed, and my pray'r

14 Had they my friends or brethren been,
Nor with more decent figns of grief

1 5- How diif'rent did their carriage prove
When they, in crowds together met,
The rabble too, in num'rous throngs,
And ceas'd not, with reviling words,

16 Scoffers, that noble tables haunt,
Did gnafh their teeth, and fland'ring jefts

17 But, Lord, how long wilt thou look on?
And fave my guiltlefs foul, which they,

againft my truth combined ;

as I had ne'er defign'd.

with evil they repaid ;

my harmlefs life invade.

I ftill in fackcloth mourn'd ;

to my own breaft return'd.

I could have done no more ;

a mother's lofs deplore.

in times of my diftrefs;

did favage joy exprefs.

by their example came,

to wound my fpotlefs fame.

and earn their bread with lies,

malicioufly devife.

on my behalf appear :

like ravening beafts, would tear.

The Third Part.

1 8 So I, before the M'ning world,
And, where the great aflembly meets,

19 Lord, fuffer not my caufelefs foes,
With open joy, or fecret figns,

20 For they, with hearts averfe from peace,
Againft the men of quiet minds

21 Nor with thefe private arts content,
And fay, " At laft we found him out,

22 But thou, who doft both them and me
Affert my innocence, O Lord,

23 Stir up thyfelf in my behalf;
Thy righteous fervant's caufe, O God,

24 Lord, as my heart has upright been,
Nor let my cruel foes obtain

25 O Jet them not amongft thernfelves
" At length our wifhes are complete,

26 Let fuch as in my harm rejoic'd
And foul difhonour wait on thofe

27 Whilft they with cheerful voices fhout,
And blefs the Lord, who loves to make

28 So fhall my tongue thy judgments fing]
And cheerful hymns in praife of thee

fhall grateful thanks exprefs ;
thy Name with praifes blefs.
who me unjuftly hate,
to mock my fad eftate.
induftrioufly devife
to forge malicious lies,
aloud they vent their fpite ;
he did it in our fight."
with righteous eyes furvey>
and keep not far away,
to judgment, Lord, awake ;
to thy decifion take,
let me thy juftice find;
the triumph they defign'd.
in boafting language fay,
at laft he's made our prey.'*
for fhame their faces hide ;
that proudly me defied,
who my j uft caufe befriend;
fuccefs his faints attend,
infpir'd with grateful joy;
mall ail my days employ.

PSALM XXXVf, XXXVII.

PSALM XXXVI.

Y crafty foe, with flatt'ring art, his wicked purpofe would difgaifc;

But rcafon whifpers to my heart, he ne'er fets God before his eyes.

2 He foothes himfelf, retir'd from fight, fecure he thinks his treach'rous game;
Till his dark plots, expos'd 10 light, their falfe contriver brand with Ihame.

3 In deeds he is my foe confeft, whilft with his tongue he fpeaks me fair;
True wifdom's banifli'd from his breaft, and vice has fole dominion there.

4 His wakeful malice fpends the night in forging his accurs'd defigns ;
His obftinate ungen'rous fpite no execrable means declines.

c But, Lord, thy mercy, my fure hope, above the heav'nly orb afcends;

Thy facred truth's unmeafur'd fcope beyond the fpreading fky extends.

6 Thy juftice, like the hills, remains; unfathom'd depths thy judgments arc;
Thy providence the world fuilains ; the whole creation is thy care.

7 Since of thy goodnefs all partake, with what affurance fhould the juft
Thy (helt'ring wings their refuge make, and faints to thy protection truft.

8 Such guefts (hall to thy courts be led to banquet on thy love's repaft ;
And drink, as from a fountain's head, of joys that mail for ever laft.

9 With thee the fprings of life remain ; thy prefence is eternal day :

10 O! let thy faints thy favour gain; to upright hearts thy truth difplay.

1 r Whilft pride's infulting foot would fpurn, and wicked hands my life furprife;

1 2 Their mifchiefs on themfelves return; down, down they're fall'n, no more to rife.

PSALM XXXVII.

THOUGH wicked men grow rich or great, yet let not their fuccefsful ftatc
Thy anger or thy envy raife :

2 For they, cut down like tender grafs, or like young flow'rs, away (hall pafs,

Whofe blooming beauty foon decays.

3 Depend on God, and him obey ; fo thou within the land (halt ftay,

Secure from danger and from want :

4 Make his commands thy chief delight ; and he, thy duty to requite,

Shall all thy earned wifhes grant.

5 In all thy ways truft thou the Lord, and he will needful help afford

To perfect ev'ry juft defign :

6 He'll make, like light, ferene and clear, thy clouded innocence appear,

And as a midday fun to mine.

7 With quiet mind on God depend, and patiently for him attend;

Nor let thy anger fondly rife :

Though wicked men with wealth abound, and with fuccefs the plots are crown'd,
Which they malicioufly devife.

8 From anger ceafe, and wrath forfake ; let no ungovern'd paffion make

Thy wav'ring heart efpoufe their crime :

9 For God (hall fmful men deftroy; whilft only they the land enjoy,

Who truft on him, and wait his time.

10 How foon (hall wicked men decay! their place (hall vanifli quite away,

Nor by the ftrifteft fearch be found ;

I ! Whilft humble fouls poflefs the earth, rejoicing dill with godly mirth,
With peace and plenty always crown'd.

The Second Part.

i z Whilft fmful crowds, with falfe defign, againft the righteous few combine,
And gnafti their teeth and threat'ning ftand ;

13 God (hall their empty plots deride, and laugh at their defeated pride ;

He fees their ruin near at hand.

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PSALM XXXVII.

14 They draw the fvvord, and bend the bow, the poor and needy to o'erthrow,

And men of upright lives to flay ;

1 5 But their ftrong bows fhall foon be broke, their fharpen'd weapon's mortal ftrokc

Through their own hearts (hall force its way.

1 6 A little, with God's favour bleft, that's by one righteous man poflefs'dj

The wealth of many bad excels :

17 For God fupports the juft man's caufe, but as for thofe that break his laws,

Their unfuccefsful pow'r he quells.

1 8 His conftant care the upright guides, and over all their life prefides ;

Thek portion fhall for ever laft :

1 9 They, when diftrefs o'erwhelms the earth, fhall be unmov'd, and e'en in dearth

The happy fruits of plenty tafte.

20 Not fo the wicked men, and thofe who proudly dare God's will oppofe;

Deftruftion is their haplefs fhare :

Like fat of lambs, their hopes and they {hall in an inftant melt away,
And vanifh into fmoke and air.

The Third Part.

21 While finners, brought to fad decay, dill borrow on and never pay,

The juft have will and pow'r to give;

22 For fuch as God vouchfafts to blefs, ihall peaceably the earth poflefs,

And thofe he curfes mall not live.

23 The good man's way is God's delight, he orders all the Heps aright

Of him that moves by his command;

24 Though he fometimes may be diftrefs'd, yet Ihall he ne'er be quite opprefs'd>

For God upholds him with his hand.

25 From my firft youth, till age prevail'd, I never faw the righteous faiTd,

Or want overtake his nurn'rous race ;

26 Becaufe compaffion fill'd his heart, and he did cheerfully impart,

God made his offspring's wealth increafe.

27 With caution fhun each wicked deed, in virtue's ways with zeal proceed,

And fo prolong your happy days :

28 For God, who judgment loves, does ftill preferve his faints fecure from ill,

While foon the wicked race decays.
29, 30, 31 The upright fhall poffefs the land, his portion fhall for ages ftand;

His mouth with wifdom is fupplied ;

His tongue by rules of judgment moves, his heart the law of God approves,
Therefore his footfteps never flide.

The Fourth Part.

32 In wait the watchful fmner lies, in vain the righteous to furprife;

In vain his ruin doth decree :

33 God will not him defencelefs leave, to his revenge expos 'd, but fave;

And, when he's fentenc'd, fet him free.

34 Wait ftill on God, keep his command, and thou, exalted in the land,

Thy blefs'd poffeffion ne'er fhall quit :

The wicked foon deftroy'd fhall be, and, at his difmal tragedy,

Thou malt a fafe fpedator lit.

35 The wicked I in pow'r have feen, and like a bay tree, frefh and green.

That fpreads its pleafant branches round ;

36 But he was gone as fwift as thought, and, though in ev'ry place I fought,

No fign or track of him I found.

PSALM XXXVIII, XXXIX.

37 Obferve the perfeft man with care, and mark all fuch as upright are;

Their rougheft days in peace (hall end :

38 While on the latter end of thofe, who dare God's facred will oppofe,

A common ruin fhall attend.

39 God to the juft will aid afford, their only fafeguard is the Lord;

Their ftrength in time of need is he :

40 Becaufe on him they ftill depend, the Lord will timely fuccour fend,

And from the wicked fet them free.

PSALM XXXVIII.

THY chaft'ning wrath, O Lord, reftrain, though I deferve it all ;

Nor let at once on me the florm of thy difpleafure fall.

2 In ev'ry wretched part of me thy arrows deep remain;
Thy heavy hand's afflidling weight I can no more fuftain.

3 My flefh is one continued wound, thy wrath fo fiercely glows ;
Betwixt my punifhment and guilt my bones have no repofe.

4 My fins, that to a deluge fwell, my finking head o'erflow,
And for my feeble ftrength to bear too vaft a burden grow.

5 Stench and corruption fill my wounds, my folly's juft return;

6 With trouble I am warp'd and bow'd, and all day long I mourn.

7 A loathVi difeafe afflicts my loins, infeding ev'ry part ;

8 With ficknefs worn, I groan and roar, through anguim of my heart.

The Second Part.

9 But, Lord, before thy fearching eyes all my defires appear;

And fure my groans have been too loud not to have reach 'd thine ear.

10 My heart's opprefs'd, my ftrength's decayed, my eyes depriv'd of light;

1 1 Friends, lovers, kinfmen, gaze aloof on fuch a difmal fight.

1 2 Meanwhile the foes that feek my life, their fnares to take me fet ;
Vent (landers, and contrive all day to forge fome new deceit.

13 But I, as if both deaf and dumb, nor heard, nor once replied;

14 Quite deaf and dumb, like one whofe tongue with confcious guilt is tied.
1$ For, Lord, to thee I do appeal, my innocence to clear;
Affur'd that thou, the righteous God, my ipjur'd caufe wilt hear.

1 6 " Hear me," faid I, "left my proud foes a fpiteful joy difplay,
« Infulting if they fee my foot but once to go aftray."

17 And, with continual grief oppreft, to fink I now begin:
•I 8 To thee, O Lord, I will confefs, to thee bewail my fin.

19 But whilft I languifh, my proud foes their ftrength and vigour boaft ;
And they that hate me without caufe are grown a dreadful hoft.

20 E'en they, whom I oblig'd, return my kindnefs with defpite ;
And are mine enemies, becaufe I choofe the path that's right.

2 1 Forfake me not, O Lord my God, nor far from me depart ;

22 Make hatte to my relief, O thou, who my falvation art.

PSALM XXXIX.

ESOLV'D to watch o'er all my ways, I kept my tongue in awe;
I curb'd my hafty words when I the wicked profp'rous faw.

2 Like one that's dumb I filent flood, and did my tongue refrain
From good difcourfe ; but that reftraint increas'd my inward pain.

3 My heart did glow, which working thoughts did hot and reftlefs make;
And warm reflections fann'd the fire, till thus at length I fpake :

4 Lord, let me know my term of days, how foon my life will end ;
The num'rous train of ills difclofe, which this frail ftate attend.

PSALM XL.

5 My life, thou know'ft, is but a fpan, a cypher Aims my years ;
And ev'ry man, in beft eftate, but vanity appears.

6 Man like a madow vainly walks, with fruitlefs cares opprefs'd ;
He heaps up wealth, but cannot tell by whom 'twill be poffefs'd.

"I Why then fhould I on worthlefs toys with anxious care attend ?

On thee alone my fteadfaft hope lhall ever, Lord, depend.

8, 9 Forgive my fins, nor let me fcorn'd by foolifh finners be ;

For I was dumb, and murmur'd not, becaufe 'twas done by thee.

10 The dreadful burden of thy wrath in mercy foon remove ;
Left my frail flefh too weak to bear the heavy load mould prove.

1 1 For when thou chaft'neft man for fin thou mak'it his beauty fade,
(So vain a thing is he,) like cloth by fretting moths decay'd.

1 2 Lord, hear my cry, accept my tears, and Men to my pray'r ;
"Who fojourn like a ftranger here, as all ray fathers were.
130 fpare me yet a little time, my wafted ftrength reftore ;
Before I vanifti quite from hence, and mall be feen no more.

PSALM XL.

I Waited meekly for the Lord, till he vouchfaf'd a kind reply ;

Who did his gracious ear afford, and heard from heav'n my humble cry

2 He took me from the difmal pit, when founder'd deep in miry clay ;
On folid ground he plac'd my feet, and fuffer'd not my fteps to ftray.

3 The wonders he for me has wrought mall fill my mouth with fongs of praife
And others, to his worfhip brought, to hopes of like deliv'rance raife.

4 For bleflings (hall that man reward, who on th' Almighty Lord relies;
Who treats the proud with difregard, and hates the hypocrite's difguife.

$ Who can the wondrous works recount, which thou, O God, for us haft wrought
The treafures of thy love furmount the pow'r of numbers, fpeech, and though

6 I've learnt, that thou haft not defir'd off'rings and facrifice alone ;
Nor blood of guiltlefs beafts requir'd for man's tranfgreffion to atone.

7 I therefore come — come to fulfil the oracles thy books impart :

8 'Tis my delight to do thy will ; thy law is written in my heart.

The Second Part.

9 In full aflemblies I have told thy truth and righteoufnefs at large ;
Nor did, thou know'ft, my lips withhold from utt'ring what thou gav'ft in charge

10 Nor kept within my breaft confined thy faithfulnefs and faving grace ;
But preach'd thy love, for all defign'd, that all might that and truth embrace

1 1 Then let thofe mercies I declar'd to others, Lord, extend to me ;
Thy lovingkindnefs my reward, thy truth my fafe protection be.

12 For I with troubles am diftrefs'd, too vaft and numberlefs to bear;
Nor lefs with loads of guilt opprefs'd, that plunge and fink me to defpair.

13 As foon, alas! may I recount the hairs on this afflicled head :
My vanquifh'd courage they furmount, and fill my drooping foul with dread

The Third Part.

14. But, Lord, to my relief draw near, for never was more prefling need !

In my deliv'rance, Lord, appear, and add to that deliv'rance fpeed.

15 Confufion on their heads return, who to deftroy my foul combine;
Let them, defeated, blufh and mourn, enfnar'd in their own vile defign.

1 6 Their doom let defolation be, with fhame their malice be repaid,
Who mock'd my confidence in thee, and fport of my affliction made :

PSALM XLT, XLII.

7 While thofe, who humbly feek thy face, to joyful triumphs (hall be rais'd ;
\ind all who prize thy faving grace with me refound, The Lord be prais'd,

8 Thus, wretched though I am and poor, of me th' Almighty Lord takes care;
~ lou, God, who only can'ft reftore, to my relief with fpeed repair.

PSALM XLL

APPY the man whofe tender care relieves the poor diftreft:
When he's by trouble compafs'd round the Lord (hall give him reft.
The Lord his life, with bleffings crown'd, in fafety (hall prolong ;

Knd difappoint the will of thofe
u If he, in languid) ing eftate,
jrhe Lord will eafy make his bed,
||. Secure of this, to thee, my God,

Lord, for thy mercy, heal my foul
[5 My cruel foes, with fland'rous words

that feek to do him wrong,
opprefs'd with ficknefs lie ;
and inward ftrength fupply.
I thus my pray'r addrefs'd :
though 1 have much tranfgrefi'd."
attempt to wound my fame;

When fhall he die, (fay they,) and men forget his very name?"

6 Suppofe they formal vifits niake3
They gather mifchief in their hearts,
7, 8 With private whifpers fuch as thefe,
" A fore difeafe afflicts him now,
\g My ovvn familiar bofom friend,
Has me, whofe daily gueft he was,

10 But thou my fad and wretched ftate
And raifr me up, that all their crimes

1 1 By this 1 know thy gracious ear
Becaufe thou fuffer'ft not my foes

12 Thy tender care fecures my life
And thou vouchfaPft to fet me ftill

13 Let therefore Ifrael's Lord and God
And all the people's glad applaufe

'tis all but empty mow,
and vent it where they go.
to hurt me they devife :
he's fali'n no more to rife."
on whom I moil relied,
with open fcorn defied,
in mercy, Lord, regard ;
may meet their juft reward,
is open when I call;
to triumph in my fall,
from danger and difgrace ;
before thy glorious face,
from age to age be blefs'd ;
with loud Amens exprefs'd.

PSALM XLII.

AS pants the hart for cooling ftreams, when heated in the chafe ;

So longs my foul, O God, for thee, and thy refrefhing grace.

2 For thee, my God, the living God, my thirfty foul doth pine :
O! when fhall I behold thy face, thou Majefty divine?

3 Tears are my conftant food, while thus infulting foes upbraid :

" Deluded wretch ! where's now thy God? and where his promis'd aid?

4. I figli whene'er my miifing thoughts thofe happy days prefent,

When I with troops of pious friends

When I advanc'd with fongs of praife

And led the joyful facred throng,

c Why reftlefs, why caft down, my foul ?

His aid for thee, and change thefe fighs

6 My foul's caft down, O God, but thinks on thee and Sion ftill ;
From Jordan's bank, and Hermon's heights, and Mizar's humbler hill.

7 One trouble calls another on, and burfting o'er my head,
Falls fpouting down, till round my foul a roaring fea is fpread.

8 But when thy prefence, Lord of life,
To thee I'll midnight anthems fing,

q God of my ftrength, how long ftiall I,
Forlorn, forfaken, and expos 'd

thy temple did frequent :
my folemn vows to pay,
that kept the feftal day.
truft God, and he'll employ
to thankful hymns of joy.

has once difpell'd this ftorra,
and all my vows perform,
like one forgotten, mourn ?
to my oppreflbr's fcorn.

PSALM XLVI— XLVIII.

PSALM XLVI.

GOD is our refuge in diftrefs, a prefent help \vhen dangers prefs ;

In him undaunted we'll confide :

2, 3 Though earth were from her centre toft, and mountains in the ocean loft,

Torn piece-meal by the roaring tide.

4 A gentler ftream with gladnefs ftill the city of our Lord fhall fill,

The royal feat of God moft high :

5 God dwells in Sion, whofe fair tow'rs (hall mock th' affaults of earthly pow'rs

While his almighty aid is nigh.

6 In tumults when the heathen rag'd, and kingdoms war againft us wag'dj

He thunder'd, and difpers'd their pow'rs :

7 The Lord of hofts conducts our arms, our tovv'r of refuge in alarms,

Our fathers' guardian God and ours.

8 Come fee the wonders he hath wrought, on earth what defolation brought;

How he has calm'd the jarring world :

9 He broke the warlike fpear and bow ; with them the thund'ring chariots too

Into devouring flames were hurFd.

10 Submit to God's almighty fway, for him the heathen {hall obey,

And earth her fov'reign Lord confefs :

11 The God of hofts conduces our arms, our tow'r of refuge in alarms,

As to our fathers in diftrefs.

PSALM XLVII.

I, z f^ All ye people, clap your hands, and with triumphant voices iing ;
\J No force the mighty pow'r withftands, of God, the univerfal King.

3, 4 He fhall oppofmg nations quell, and with fuccefs our battles fight ;
Shall fix the place where we muft dwell, the pride of Jacob, his delight.

c, 6 God is gone up, our Lord and King, with fhouts of joy and trumpet's found
To him repeated praifes fing, and let the cheerful fong go round.

7, 8 Your utmoft fkill in praife be fliown, for him, who all the world commands
Who fits upon his righteous throne, and fpreads his fway o'er heathen lands

o Our chiefs and tribes, that far from hence to ferve the God of Ab'ram came,
Found him their conftant fure defence : how great and glorious is his Name 1

PSALM XLVIII.

THE Lord, the only God, is great, and greatly to be prais'd

In Sion, on whofe happy mount his facred throne is rars'd^

2 Her tow'rs, the joy of all the earth, with beauteous profpeft rife ;
On her north fide th' Almighty King's imperial city lies.

3 God in her palaces is known ; his prefence is her guard :

4 Confed'rate kings withdrew their fiege, and of fuccefs defpair'd.

5 They view'd her walls, admir'd and fled, with grief and terror ftruck ;

6 Like women whom the fudden pangs of travail had o'ertook.

7 No wretched crew of mariners appear like them forlorn,
When fleets from Tarfhim' wealthy coafts by eaftern winds are torn.

8 In Sion we have feen perform'd a work that was foretold;
In pledge that God, for times to come, his city will uphold.

o Not in our fortrefles and walls did we, O God, confide ;

But on the temple fix'd our hopes, in which thou doft refide.

10 According to thy fov'reign Name, thy praife through earth extends ;

Thy powerful arm, as juftice guides, chaftifes or defends.

PSALM XLIX, L.

Si i Let Sion's mount with joy refound, her daughters all be taught

j[n fongs his judgments to extol, who this deliv'rance wrought.

1 12 Compafs her walls in folemn pomp, your eyes quite round her caft ;

Pount all her tow'rs, and fee if there you find one ftone difplac'd.

![ 3 Her forts and palaces furvey, obferve their order well ;

[That with affurance to your heirs this wonder you may tell.

t[4 This God is ours, and will be ours, whilft we in him confide;

[Who, as he has preferv'd us now, till death will be our guide.

PSALM XLIX.

I, 2 TT ET all the lift'ning world attend, and my inftruftion hear;

JL^ Let high and low, and rich and poor, with joint confent give ear.

3 My mouth, with facrcd wifdom fill'd, (hall good advice impart,
The found refult of prudent thoughts, digefted in my heart.

4 To parables of weighty fenfe I will my ear incline;
Whilft to my tuneful harp I fing dark words of deep defign,
r Why mould my courage fail in times of danger and of doubt?
When finners, that would me fupplant, have compafs'd me about?

Thofe men that all their hope and truft in heaps of treafure place,
And boaft and triumph, when they fee their ill-got wealth increafe,
7 Are yet unable from the grave their deareft friend to free ;

Nor can by force or bribes reverfe th' Almighty Lord's decree.

8, 9 Their vain endeavours they muft quit; the price is held too high :
No fums can purchafe fuch a grant, that man mould never die.

10 Not wifdom can the wife exempt, nor fools their folly fave ;
But both muft perifh, and in death their wealth to others leave.

1 1 For though they think their (lately feats (hall ne'er to ruin fall;

But their remembrance laft in lands which by their names they call :

1 2 Yet (hall their fame be foon forgot, how great foe'er their ftate,
With beafts their memory and they (hall (hare one common fate.

The Second Part.

13 How great their folty is, who thus abfurd conclufions make!
And yet their children, unreclaim'd, repeat the grofs miftake.

14 They all, like (heep to (laughter led, the prey of death are made;
Their beauty, while the juft rejoice, within the grave (hall fade.

j But God will yet redeem my foul, and from the greedy grave
(is greater pow'r (hall fet me free, and to him felf receive.

1 6 Then fear not thou, when worldly men in envied wealth abound,

Nor though their profp'rous houfe increafe, with ftate and honour crown'd.

17 For when they're fummon'd hence by death, they leave all this behind;
lo fhadow of their former pomp within the grave they find ;

1 8 And yet they thought their ftate was blefs'd, caught in the flatterers mare,
Who with their vanity complied, and prais'd their felfifli care.

19 In their forefathers' fteps they tread ; and when, like them, they die,
Their wretched anceftors and they in endlefs darknefs lie.

20 For man, how great foe'er his ftate, unlefs he's truly wife,
As like a fenfual beaft he lives, fo like a beaft he dies.

PSALM L.

2 rriHE Lord hath fpoke, the mighty God hath fent his fummons all abroad;

JL From dawning light, till day declines :

The lift'ning earth his voice hath heard, and he from Sion hath appear'd,
Where beauty in perfection mines.

PSALM LI.

3, 4 Our God lhall come, and keep no more mifconftru'd filence, as before ;

But wafting flames before him fend :
Around fhall tempefts fiercely rage, while he does heav'n and earth engage

His juft tribunal to attend.
5, 6 Affemble all my faints to me, (thus runs the great divine decree,) •

That in my lading cov'nant lire :

And offerings bring with conftant care ; (the heav'ns his juftice fhall declare ;}
For God himfelf (hall fentence give.

7 Attend, my people; Ifrael, Jiear; thy ftrong accufer I'll appear;

Thy God, thy only God, am I :

8 'Tis not of offerings I complain, which, daily in my temple flain,

My facred altar did fupply.

9 Will this alone atonement make ? no bullock from thy ftall I'll take*

Nor he-goat from thy fold accept ;

10 The foreft beads that range alone, the cattle too are all my own,

That on a thoufand hills are kept.

1 1 I know the fowls, that build their nefts in craggy rocks ; and favage beafts,

That loofely haunt the open fields :

1 2 If feiz'd with hunger I could be, I need not feek relief from thee,

Since the world's mine, and all it yields.

13 Think'ft thou that 1 have any need on flaughter'd bulls and goats to feed

To eat their fleih and drink their blood ?

1 4 The facrifices I require, are hearts which love and zeal infpire,

And vows with ftrifteft care made good.

15 In time of trouble call on me, and I will fet thee fafe and free,

And thou returns of praife (halt make.

1 6 But to the wicked thus faith God, How dar'ft thou teach my laws abroad

Or in thy mouth my cov'nant take?

17 For ftubborn thou, confirm'd in fin, haft proof againft inftruftion been,

And of my word didft flightly fpeak.

1 8 When thou a fubtil thief didft fee, thou gladly didft with him agree,

And with adult'rers didft partake.

19 Vile flander is thy chief delight, thy tongue, by envy mov'd and fpi

Deceitful tales doth hourly fpread ;

20 Thou doft with hateful fcandals wound thy brother, and with lies confound

The offspring of thy mother's bed.

2 1 Thefe things didft thou, whom ftill I ftrovc to gain with filence and with love;

Till thou didft wickedly furmife,

That I was fuch a one as thou ; but I'll reprove and (hamc thee now

And fet thy fins before thine eyes.

22 Mark this, ye wicked fools, left I let all my bolts of vengeance fly, '

Whilft none (hall dare your caufe to own.

23 Who praifes me, due honour gives ; and to the man that juftly lives,

My ftrong falvation lhall be fhewn.

PSALM LI.

HAVE mercy, Lord, on me, as thou wert ever kind ;

Let me, oppreft with loads of guilt, thy wonted mercy find.
2, 3 Wafh off my foul offence, and cleanfe me from my fin ;

For I confefs my crime, and fee how great my guilt has been.

4 Againft thee, Lord, alone, and only in thy fight, .,,.. J

Have I tranfgrefs'd, and, though condemn'd, muft own thy judgments right.

PSALM L1I, LIII.

Lin guilt each part was form'd
guilt I was conceiv'd, and born

6 Yet thou, whofe fearching eye
In fecret didft with wifdom's laws

7 With hyflbp purge me, Lord,

I (hall with fnow in whitenefs vie,

8 Make me to hear with joy

That fo the bones which thou haft broke
q, 10 Blot out my crying fins,
Create in me a heart that's clean,

of all this finful frame ;
the heir of fin and ihame.
doth inward truth require,
my tender foul infpire.
and fo I clean mail be ;
when purified by thee.
thy kind forgiving voice ;
may with freih ftrength rejoice,
nor me in anger view ;
and upright mind renew.

The Second Part.

1 1 Withdraw not thou thy help,
Nor let thy holy Spirit take

12 The joy thy favour gives
And thy free Spirit's firm fupport

13 So I thy righteous ways
Whilft my advice (hall wicked men

14 My guilt of blood remove,

And my glad tongue mall loudly tell

Do thou unlock my lips,
So (hall my mouth thy wond'rous praife

16 Could facrifice atone,

But on fuch off'rings thou difdain'ft

17 A broken fpirit is

By him a broken contrite heart

1 8 Let Sion favour find,

And thy own city flourim. long,

19 The juft mall then attend,
And facrifice of choiceft kind

nor caft me from thy fight ;

its everlafting flight.

let me again obtain ;

my fainting foul fuftain.

to finners will impart,

to thy juft laws convert.

rny Saviour and my God ;

thy righteous afts abroad.

with forrow clos'd and fhame ;

to all the world proclaim.

whole flocks and herds mould die;

to caft a gracious eye.

by God moft highly priz'd ;

fhall never be defpis'd.

of thy good-will affur'd ;

by lofty walls fecur'd.

and pleafing tribute pay ;

upon thy altar lay.

PSALM LIT.

IN vain, O man of lawlefs might, thou boaft'ft thyfelf in ill ;

Since God, the God in whom I truft, vouchfafes his favour ftill.
2 Thy wicked tongue doth fland'rous tales malicioufly devife ;
And, Iharper than a razor fet, it wounds with treach'rous lies.

3, 4 Thy thoughts are more on ill than good, on lies than truth employ'd ;
Thy tongue delights in words, by which the guiltlefs are deftroy'd.
c God mall for ever blaft thy hopes,
Nor in thy dwelling-place permit,

6 The juft, with pious fear, (hall fee
And at thy fudden ruin laugh,

7 " See there the man that haughty was,
Who trufted in his wealth, and ftill

8 But I am like thofe olive plants
And hope witli his indulgent grace

9 So (hall my foul with praife, O God,
And on thy Name with patience wait ;

and fnatch thee foon away ;
nor in the world to ftay.
the downfall of thy pride;
and thus thy fall deride :
who proudly God defied,
on wicked arts relied."
that (hade God's temple round ;
to be for ever crown'd.
extol thy wondrous love ;
for this thy faints approve.

PSALM LIII.

THE wicked fools muft fure fuppofe that God is but a name ;
This grofs miftake their practice (hows, fmce virtue all difclaim.
^ The Lord look'd down from heav'n's high tow'r, the fons of men to view;
To fee if any own'd his pow'r, or truth or juftice knew.

PSALM LIV, LV.

3 But all, he faw, were backwards gone, degen'rate grown, and bafe ;
None for religion car'd, not one of all the finful race.

4 But are thofe workers of deceit fo dull and fenfelefs grown,
That they, like bread, my people eat, and God's juft pow'r difown ?
£ Their caufelefs fears fhall ftrangely grow, and they, defpis'd of God,
Shall foon be foil'd ; his hand (hall throw their (hatter'd bones abroad.
6 Would he his faving pow'r employ to break our fervile band,
Loud fhouts of univerfal joy mould echo through the land.

PSALM LIV.

I, 2 TT ORD, fave me, for thy glorious Name, and in thy ftrength appear,
JLf To judge my caufe, accept my pray'r, and to my words give ear.
3 Mere ftrangers, whom I never wrong'd, to ruin me deiign'd ;
And cruel men, that fear no God, againft my foul combined.

4, £ But God takes part with all my friends, and he's the fureft guard ;
The God of truth mail give my foes their falfehood's juft reward :

6 While I my grateful off' rings bring, and facrifice with joy ;
And in his praife my time to come delightfully employ.

7 From dreadful danger and diftrefs the Lord hath fet me free ;
Through him fhall I of all my foes the juft deftruftion fee.

PSALM LV.

GIVE ear, thou Judge of all the earth, and liften when I pray ;
Nor from thy humble fuppliant turn thy glorious face away.

2 Attend to this my fad complaint, and hear my grievous moans ;
Whilft I my mournful cafe declare with artlefs fighs and groans.

3 Hark, how the foe infults aloud ! how fierce oppreffors rage !
Whofe fland'rous tongues, with wrathful hate, againft my fame engage.

4, 5 My heart is rack'd with pain, my foul with deadly frights diftrefs'd ;

With fear and trembling compafs'd round, with horror quite opprefs'd.

6 How often wifh'd I then, that I the dove's fwift wings could g«t;

That I might take my fpeedy flight, and feek a fafe retreat.

7, 8 Then would I wander far from hence, and in wild deferts ft ray,

Till all this furious ftorm were fpent, this temped paft away.

The Second Part.

9 Deftroy, O Lord, their ill defigns, their counfels foon divide;
For through the city my griev'd eyes have ftrife and rapine fpied.

10 By day and night on ev'ry wall they walk'd their conftant round ;
And in the midft of all her ftrength are grief and mifchief found.

1 1 Whoe'er through ev'ry part (hall roam, with frefh diforders meet ;
Deceit and guile their conftant pofts maintain in ev'ry ftreet.

1 2 For 'twas not any open foe that falfe reflections made ;
For then I could with eafe have borne the bitter things he faid :

O

Twas none who hatred had profefs'd, that did againft me rife ;

For then I had withdrawn myfelf from his malicious eyes.

13, 14 But 'twas e'en thou, my guide, my friend, whom tend'reft love did join ;

Whofe fweet advice I valu'd moft, whofe pray'rs were mix'd with mine

1 5 Sure vengeance, equal to their crimes, fuch traitors muft furprife ;

And fudden death requite thofe ills, they wickedly devife.

1 6, 1 7 But I will call on God, who ftill fhall in my aid appear ;

At morn, at noon, at night I'll pray, and he my voice fhall hear.

PSALM LVI, LV1I.

The Third Part.
I 18 God has releas'd my foul from thofe that did with me contend ;

And made a num'rous hoft of friends my righteous caufe defend.

! jg For he, who was my help of old, mall now his fuppiiant hear ;

And punifh them, whofb profp'rous ftate makes them no God to fear.

20 Whom can I truft, if faithlefs men perfidioufly devife

To ruin me, their peaceful friend, and break the ftrongeft ties!

21 Though foft and melting are their words, their hearts with war abound ;
Their fpeeches are more fmooth than oil, and yet like fwords they wound.

22 Do thou, my foul, on God depend, and he mail thee fuftain ;
He aids the juft, whom to fupplant the wicked ftrive in vain.

23 My foes, that trade in lies and blood, fliall all untimely die ;
Whilft I for health and length of days 3 on thee, my God, rely.

PSALM LVI.

DO thou, O God, in mercy help, for man my life purfues ;

To crufh me with repeated wrongs he daily ft rife renews.

2 Continually my fpiteful foes to ruin me combine ;
Thou feeft, who fitt'ft enthron'd on high, what mighty numbers join.

3 But though fometimes furpris'd by fear, (on danger's firft alarm,)
Yet ftill for fuccour I depend on thy Almighty arm.

4 God's faithful promife i (hall praife, on which I now rely ;
In God I truft, and, trufting him, the arm of flefh defy.

c They wreft my words, and make them fpcak a fenfe they never meant :

Their thoughts are all, with reftlefs fpite, on my deftruction bent.

6 In clofe aifemblies they combine, and wicked projects lay ;
They watch my fteps, and lie in wait to make my foul their prey.

7 Shall fuch injuftice ftill efcape ? O righteous God, arife;
Let thy juft wrath, (too long provok'd,) this impious race cbaftife.

8 Thou number'ft all my fteps, fince firft I was compell'd to flee ;
My very tears are treafur'd up, and regifter'd by thee.

o When therefore I invoke thy aid, my foes mall be o'erthrown ;

For I am well affur'd that God my righteous caufe will own.

10, 1 1 I'll truft God's word, and fo defpife the force that man can raife;

12 To thee, O God, my vows are due ; to thee I'll render praife.

13 Thou haft retriev'd my foul from death, and thou wilt ftill fecure
The life thou haft fo oft preferv'd, and make my footfteps fure ;
That thus protected by thy pow'r, I may this light enjoy,
And in, the fervice of my God my lengthen'd days employ.

PSALM LVI I.

THY mercy, Lord, to me extend, on thy protection I depend ;
And to thy wing for melter hafte, till this outrageous ftorm is paft.

2 To thy tribunal, Lord, 1 fly, thou fov'reign Judge and God moft high,
Who wonders haft for me begun, and wilt not leave thy work undone.

3 From heav'n protect me by thine arm, and mame all thofe who feck my harnv;
To my relief thy mercy fend, and truth, on which my hopes depend.

4 For I with favage men converfe, like hungry lions wild and fierce,
With men whofe teeth are fpears, their words envenom'd darts,and two-edg'd fwords.

5 Be thou, O God, exalted high; and, as thy glory fills the Iky,

oo let it be on earth difplay'd, till thou art here, as there, obey'd.

6 To take me they their net prepar'd, and had almoft my foul enfnar'd ;
But fell themfelves, by juft decree, into the pit they made for me.

PSALM LV1II, LIX.

7 O God, my heart is fix'd, 'tis bent,
And with my heart my voice I'll raife

8 Awake, my glory, harp and lute,
And I, my tuneful part to take,

9 Thy praifes, Lord, I will refound

10 Thy mercy higheft heav'n tranfcends,

1 1 Be thou, O God, exalted high ;
So let it be on earth difplay'd,

its thankful tribute to prefent ;
to thee, my God, in fongs of praife,
no longer let your firings be mute ;
will with the early dawn awake,
to all the Hft'ning nations round :
thy truth beyond the clouds extends,
and, as thy glory fills the Iky,
till thou art here, as there, obey'd.

PSALM LVIII.

SPEAK, O ye judges of the earth,
Or, muft not innocence appeal

2 Your wicked hearts and judgments are
Your griping hands, by weighty bribes,

3 To virtue ftrangers from the womb,
They prattled flander, and in lies

4 No ferpent of parch 'd Afric's breed
The drowfy adder will as foon

c Unmov'd by good advice, and deaf
From whom the fkilful charmer's voice

6 Defeat, O God, their threatening rage,
Difarm thefe growing lions' jaws,

7 Let now their infolence, at height,
Their fhiver'd darts deceive their aim,

8 Like fnails let them diflblve to flime ;
Unworthy to behold the fun,

9 Ere thorns can make the fleihpots boil,
From God, and fnatch them hence alive

10 The righteous mall rejoice to fee
And faints in perfecutors' blood

1 1 Tranfgreffors then with grief mall fee
And own a God, whofe juftice will

if juft your fentence be ;

to Heav'n from your decree ?

alike by malice fway'd ;

to violence betray'd.

their infant fteps went wrong ;

employ'd their lifping tongue,

does ranker poifon bear ;

unlock his fullen ear.

as adders they remain ;

can no attention gain.

and timely break their pow'r ;

ere praclis'd to devour.

like ebbing tides be fpent :

when they their bow have bent.

like hafty births become,

and dead within the womb.

tempeftuous wrath (hall come

to their eternal doom.

their crimes fuch vengeance meet,

fhall dip their harmlefs feet.

juft men rewards obtain ;

the guilty earth arraign.

PSALM LIX.

DELIVER me, O Lord my God,
In my defence oppofe thy pow'r
2 Preferve me from a wicked race,
Protect me from remorfelefs men,

LThey lie in wait, and mighty pow'rs
placable ; yet, Lord, thou know'ft

4 In hafte they run about, and watch
Look down, O Lord, on my diftrefs,

5 Thou, Lord of hofts, and Ifrael's God,
Relentlefs vengeance take on thofe

6 At ev'ning to befet my houfe

from all my fpiteful foes ;
to their's, who me oppofe.
who make a trade of ill ;
who feek my blood to fpill.
againft my life combine :
for no offence of mine,
my guiltlefs life to take :
and to my help awake !
their heathen rage fupprefs :
who ftubbornly tranfgrefs.
like growling dogs they meet ;
and ranfack ev'ry ftreet.

While others through the city range,

7 Their throats envenom'd flander breathe, their tongues are fharpen'd fwords ;
Who hears, (fay they,) or, hearing, dares reprove our lawlefs words ?

8 But from thy throne thou malt, O Lord, their baffled plots deride ;
And foon to fcorn and fliame expofe their boafted heathen pride.

9 On thee I wait, 'tis on thy ftrength for fuccour I depend ;
'Tis thou, O God, art my defence, who only canft defend.

PSALM LX, LXI.

I o Thy mercy, Lord, which haft fo oft
Shall crown my wifhes, and fubdue

I 1 Deftroy them not, O Lord, at once,
Left we, ingratefully, too foon
Difperfe them through the nations round
Do thou bring down their haughty pride,

1 2 Now, in the height of all their hopes,

Whofe tongues have fmn'd without reftraint, and curfes join'd with lies

13 Nor (halt thou, whilft their race endures, thine anger, Lord, fupprefs

TU™* J!/i «. i i- i ^u_* • n. _i_- _. ir i» f> _ i r_/L

from danger fet me free>
my haughty foes to me.
reftrain thy vengeful blow,
forget their overthrow,
by thy avenging pow'r :
O Lord, our fhield and tow'r.
their arrogance chaftife ;

That diftant lands, by their juft doom,

14 At ev'ning let them ftill perfift
Still wander all the city round,

1 5 Then, as for malice now they do,
And yell their vain complaints aloud,

1 6 Whilft early I thy mercy fmg,
For thou haft been my fure defence,

may Ifracl's God confefs.
like growling dogs to meet,
and traverfe ev'ry ftreet.
for hunger let them ftray,
defeated of their prey,
thy wondrous pow'r confefs
my refuge in diftrefs.
O God, my ftrength, I'll fmg;

17 To thee with never-ceafing praife

Thou art my God, the rock from whence my health and fafety fpring.

PSALM LX.

OGod, who haft our troops difpers'd, forfaking thofe who left thee firft ;
As we thy juft difpleafure mourn, to us in mercy, Lord, return.
2 Our ftrength, that firm as earth did ftand, is rent by thy avenging hand :

O heal the breaches thou haft made ;
3 Our folly's fad effects we feel,

we (hake, we fall, without thy aid !
for, drunk with difcord's cup, we reel ;

4 But now for them who thee rever'd, thou haft thy truth's bright banner rear'd

5 Let thy right hand thy faints protect :

6 The holy God hath fpoke ; and I,
To thee in portions I'll divide

To Sichem, Succoth next I'll join,

7 ManafTeh, Gilead, both fubfcribe
Ephraim by arms fupports my caufe,

8 Moab my llave and drudge mall be,
Proud Paleftine's imperious ftate

9 But who (hall quell thefe mighty pow'rs,
Or through her guarded frontiers tread

10 E'en thou, O God, who haft difperft
Thofe whom thou didft in wrath forfake,

Lord, hear the pray'rs that we direct 1
o'erjoy'd, on his firm word rely,
fair Sichem's foil, Samaria's pride ;
and meafure out her vale by line,
to my commands, with Ephraim's tribe;
and Judah by religious laws,
nor Edom from my yoke get free ;
(hall humbly on our triumph wait,
and clear my way to Edom's tow'rs ?
the path that does to conqueft lead ?
our troops, (for we forfook thee firft,)
aton'd, thou wilt victorious make,
for human fuccours are but vain :

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1 1 Do thou our fainting caufe fuftain,

12 Frem ftrength and courage God beftows,'tis he treads down our proudeft foes.

PSALM LXI.

LORD, hear my cry, regard my pray'r,
2 From earth's rernoteft parts addrefs
O lodge me fafe beyond the reach

3 Thou, who fo oft from fpiteful foes

4 So (hall I in thy facred courts
Beneath the covert of thy wings

5 In fign my vows are heard, once more

6 O blefs with long and profp'rous life

7 Confirm his throne, and make his reign
And let thy truth and mercy both

8 So (hall I ever fmg thy praife,
Devote my profp'rous days to pay

which I, opprefs'd with grief,
to thee for kind relief,
of perfecuting pow'r ;
haft been my melt' ring tow'r.
fecure from danger lie;
all future ftorms defy.
1 o'er thy chofen reign ;
the king thou didft ordain,
accepted in thy fight,
in his defence unite,
thy name for ever blefs ;
the vows of my diftrefs.

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PSALM LXII-LX1V.

PSALM LXII.

Y foul for help on God relies, from him alone my fafety flows ;
2 My rock, my health, that ftrength fupplies, to bear the mock of all my foe

3 How long will ye contrive my fall, which will but haften on your own ?
You'll totter like a bending Wall, or fence of uncemented ftohe.

4 To make my envied honours lefs they drive with lies, their chief delight
For they, tho' with their mouths they blefs, in private curfe with inward fpite.

c, 6 But thou, my foul, on God rely ; on him alone thy truft repofe ;

My rock and health will ftrength fupply to bear the fhock of all my foes.

7 God does his faving health difpenfe, and flowing bleffings daily fend ;
He is my fortrefs and defence, on him my foul mall ftill depend.

8 In him, ye people, always truft, before his throne pour out your hearts
For God, the merciful and juft, his titnely aid to us imparts.

9 The vulgar fickle are and frail ; the great dirTemble and betray ;
And laid in truth's impartial fcale, the fcghteft things will both outweig

10 Then truft not in oppreffive ways, by fpoil and rapine grow not vain ;
Nor let your hearts, if wealth increafe, be fet too much upon your gain.

i r For God has oft his wrill exprefs'd, and I this truth have fully known ;

To be of boundlefs pow'r poflefs'd belongs of right to God alone.

1 2 Though mercy is his darling grace, in which he chiefly takes delight,
Yet will he all the human race according to their works requite.

PSALM LXIII.

OGod, my gracious God, to thee my morning pray'rs mall offer'd be;

For thee my thirfty foul doth pant :

My fainting flefh implores thy grace, within this dry and barren placej

Where I refrefhing waters want.

2 O to my longing eyes once more that view of glorious pow'r reftore,

Which thy majeftic houfe difplays :

3 Becaufe to me thy wondrous love than life itfelf does dearer prove,

My lips (hall always fpeak thy praife.

4 My life, while I that life enjoy, in blefling God I will employ,

With lifted hands adore his Name :

5 My foul's content mail be as great as theirs who choiceft dainties eat,

While I with joy his praife proclaim.

6 When down I lie, fweet fleep to find, thou, Lord, art prefent to my mind

And when I wake in dead of night :

7 Becaufe thou ftill doft fuccour bring, beneath the fhadow of thy wing

I reft with fafety and delight.

8 My foul, when foes would me devour, cleaves faft to thee, whofe matchlefs pow

In her fupport is daily mown :

9 But thofe the righteous Lord (hall flay that my deftruction wifh, and they

That feek my life fhall lofe their own.
10, ii They by untimely ends fhall die, their flefh a prey to foxes lie;

But God fhall fill the king with joy :
Who thee confefs fhall ftill rejoice, whilft the falfe tongue, and lying voic

Thou, Lord, malt filence and deftroy.

PSALM LXIV.

ORD, hear the voice of my complaint, to my requeft give ear ;

t Preferve my life from cruel foes, and free my foul from fear.
2 O hide me with thy tend'reft care in fome fecure retreat,

From fmners that againft me rife, and all their plots defeat.

PSALM LXV, LXVI.

3 See how, intent to work my harm, they whet their tongues like fwords ;
And bend their bows to moot their darts, fharp lies and bitter words.

4 Lurking in private, at the juft they take their fecret aim;
And fuddenly at him they moot, quite void of fear and fhame.
<r To carry on their ill defigns they mutually agree ;

They fpeak of laying private fnares, and think that none fhall fee.

6 With utmoft diligence and care their wicked plots th«y lay ;
The deep defigns of all their hearts are only to betray.

7 But God, to anger juftly mov'd, his dreadful bow fhall bend,
And on his flying arrow's point fhall fwift deftruftion fend.

8 Thofe flanders, which their mouths did vent, upon themfelves fhall fall ;
Their crimes difclos'd, mall make them be defpis'd and fhunn'd by all.

9 The world fhall then God's pow'r confefs, and nations trembling ftand,
Convinc'd that 'tis the mighty work of his avenging hand.

10 Whilft righteous men, whom God fecures, in him fhall gladly truft ;
And all the lift'ning earth fhall hear loud triumphs of the juft.

PSALM LXV.

FOR thee, O God, our conftant praife in Sion waits, thy chofen feat;

Our promis'd altars there we'll raifc, and all our zealous vows complete.

2 O thou, who to my humble pray'r didft always bend thy lift'ning ear,
To thee fhall all mankind repair, and at thy gracious throne appear.

3 Our fins (though numberlefs) in vain to ftop thy flowing mercy try;
Whilft thou o'erlook'it the guilty ftain, and wameft out the crimfon dye.

4 Bleft is the man, who near thee plac'd, within thy facred dwelling lives !
Whilft we at humbler diftance tafte the vaft delights thy temple gives.

r By wond'rous acls, O God, moft juft, have we thy gracious anfwer found ;
Ln thee remoteft nations truft, and thofe whom ftormy waves furround,

6, 7 God, by his ftrength, fets faft the hills, and does his matchlefs pow'r engage,
With which the fea's loud waves he ftills, and angry crowds' tumultuous rage.

The Seco?id Part.

8 Thou, Lord, doft barb'rous lands difmay, when they thy dreadful tokens view,
With joy they fee the night and day each other's track by turns purfue.

o From out thy unexhaufted ftore thy rain relieves the thirfty ground ;

Makes lands, that barren were before, with corn and ufeful fruits abound.
10 On rifing ridges down it pours, and ev'ry furrow'd valley fills;

Thou mak'ft them foft with gentle mow'rs, in which a bleft increafe diftils.

i Thy goodnefs does the circling year with frem returns of plenty crown ;
And, where thy glorious paths appear, thy fruitful clouds drop fatnefs down.

12 They drop on barren forefts, chang'd by them to paftures frefh and green ;
The hills about in order rangM in beauteous robes of joy are feen.

1 3 Large flocks with fleecy wool adorn the cheerful downs ; the vallies bring
A plenteous crop of full-ear'd corn, and feem for joy to fhout and fing.

PSALM LXVI.

i, 2 "IT ET all the lands with fhouts of joy to God their voices raife ;

JL^ Sing pfalms in honour of his Name, and fpread his glorious praife.

3 And let them fay, How dreadful, Lord, in all thy works art thou !
To thy great pow'r thy ftubborn foes fhall all be forc'd to bow.

4 Through all the earth the nations round fhall thee their God confefs ;
And with glad hymns their awful dread of thy great Name exprcfs.

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PSALM LXVII, LXVIII.

r O come, behold the works of God,
That he to all the fons of men

6 He made the fea become dry land,
Whilft to each other of his might

7 He by his power for ever rules ;
Let no prefumptuous man rebel

and then with me you'll own,
has wondrous judgments fhown.
through which our fathers walked ;
with joy his people talk'd.
his eyes the world furrey ;
againft his fov'reign fway.

The Second Part.

8, 9 O all ye nations, blefs our God, and loudly fpeak his praife ;

Who keeps our foul alive, and flill confirms our fteadfaft ways.

10 For thou haft tried us, Lord, as fire does try the precious ore ;

1 1 Thou brought'ft us into ft raits, where we opprefiing burdens bore.

12 Infulting foes did us, their flaves, through fire and water chafe;
But yet at laft thou brought'ft us forth into a wealthy place.

13 Burnt off 'rings to thy houfe I'll bring, and there my vows I'll pay,

14 Which I with folemn zeal did make in trouble's difmal day.

15 Then (hall the richeft incenfe fmoke,
The choiceft goats from out the fold,

1 6 O come, all ye that fear the Lord,
Whilft I, what God for me has done,
1 7, 1 8 As I before his aid implor'd,
Who, if my heart had harbour'd fin,
jg But God to me, whene'er I cried,
And to the voice of my requeft

20 Then blefs'd for ever be my God,
Withholds his mercy from my foul,

the fatteft rams mall fall;
and bullocks from the (tall,
attend with heedful care ;
with grateful joy declare.
fo now I praife his Name ;
would all my pray'rs difclaim.
his gracious ear did bend ;
with conftant love attend,
who never, when I pray,
nor turns his face away.

PSALM LXVII.

flMO blefs thy chofen race,
JL And caufe the brightnefs of thy face

2 That fo thy wondrous ways
Whilft diftant lands their tribute pay,

3 Let differing nations join

Let all the world, O Lord, combine

4 O let them Ihout and fing

For thou, the righteous Judge and King,

c Let differing nations join

Let all the world, O Lord, combine

6 Then (hall the teeming ground
And we with plenty mall be crown'd,

7 Then God upon our land

And all the world in awe ftiall ftand

in mercy, Lord, incline ;

on all thy faints to mine.

may through the world be known,

and thy falvation own.

to celebrate thy fame ;

to praife thy glorious Name.

with joy and pious mirth,

malt govern all the earth.

to celebrate thy fame ;

to praife thy glorious Name.

a large increafe difclofe ;

which God, our God, beftows.

fhall conftant bleflings fliow'r,

of his refiftlefs pow'r.

PSALM LXVIII.

ET God, the God of battle rife, and fcatter his prefumptuous foes j
Let (hamoful rout their hoft furprife, who fpitefully his pow'r oppofe.

2 As fmoke in tempeft rage is loft,
So let the facrilegious hoft

3 But let the fervants of his will
Their upright hearts let gladnefs fill,

4 To him your voice in anthems raife,
Jn him rejoice, extol his praife,

or wax into the furnace caft,
before his wrathful prefence wafte.
his favour's gentle beams enjoy ;
and cheerful fongs their tongues employ.
Jehovah's awful name he bears ;
who rides upon high rolling fpheres.

PSALM LXVIII.

t Him, from his empire of the fides, to this low world companion draws,

The orphan's claim to patronize, and judge the injur'd widow's caufc.

6 'Tis God, who from a foreign foil reftores poor exiles to their home,
Makes captives free, and fruitlefs toil their proud oppreffors' righteous doom.

7 'Twas fo of old, when thou didft lead in perfon, LorJ, our armies forth,
Strange, terrors through the defert fpread, convulfions fhook th' aftonifli'd earth.

8 The breaking clouds did rain diftil, and hcav'n's high arches fhook with fear;
How then fhould Sinai's humble hill of Ifrael's God the prcfence bear ?

g Thy hand, at famifh'd earth's complaint, relieved her from celeftial ftores;
And, when thy heritage was faint, aflwag'd the drought with plenteous fhow'rs.

10 Where favages had rang'd before, at eafe thou mad'ft our tribes refide;
And in the defert for the poor thy gen'rous bounty didft provide.

The Second Part.

1 1 Thou gav'ft the word, we fallied forth, and in that pow'rful word o'ercame;
While virgin troops, with fongs of mirth, in ftate our conqueft did proclaim.

12 Vaft armies, by fuch gen'rals led, as yet had ne'er receiv'd a foil,
Forfook their camp with fudden dread, and to our women left the fpoil.

j 3 Though Eg) pt's d rudges you have been, your army's wings (hall fhine as bright
As doves, in golden funfhine feen, or filver'd o'er with paler light.

14 'Twas fo, when God's almighty hand o'er fcatter'd kings the conqueft won;
Our troops, drawn up on Jordan's ftrand, high Salmon's glitt'ring fnow outfhone.
ic From thence to Jordan's farther coaft, and Bafhan's hill we did advance;
No more her height (hall Baihan boaft, but that (he's God's inheritance.

1 6 But wherefore (tho' the honour's great) mould this, O mountains, fwell your pride?
For Sion is his chofen feat, where he for ever will refide.

17 His chariots numberlefs, his pow'rs are heav'nly hofts that wait his will;
His prefence now fills Sion's tow'rs, as once it honour'd Sinai's hill.

1 8 Afcending high in triumph thou captivity haft captive led,

And on thy people didft beftow the fpoil of armies, once their dread.

E'en rebels (hall partake thy grace, and humble profelytes repair

To worfhip at thy dwelling-place, and all the world pay homage there.

19 For benefits each day beftow'd, be daily his great Name ador'd;

20 Who is our Saviour and our God, of life and death the fov'reign Lord.

21 But juftice for his harden'd foes proportion'd vengeance hath decreed,
To wound the hoary head of thofe who in prefumptuous crimes proceed.

22 The. Lord hath thus in thunder fpoke : " As I fubdu'd proud Balkan's king,
" Once more I'll break my people's yoke, and from the deep my fervants bring.

23 "Their feet (hall with a crimfon flood of flaughter'd foes be cover'd o'er;

" Nor earth receive fuch impious blood, but leave for dogs th' unhallow'd gore."

The Third Part.

24 When marching to thy bleft abode, the wond'ring multitude furvey'd
The pompous ftate of thee, our God, in robes of majefty array'd ;

2£ Sweet-finging Levites led the van, loud inftruments brought up the rear;

Between both troops a virgin train with voice and timbrel charm 'd the ear.

26 This was the burden of their fong, " In full aflemhlies blefs the Lord,
" All, who to Ifrael's tribes belong, the God of Ifrael's praife record."

27 Nor little Benjamin alone from neighb'ring bounds did there attend.
Nor only Judah's nearer throne her counfellors in ftate did fend;

But Zebulon's remoter feat, and Naphtali's more diftant coaft,

{The grand procefllon to complete,) fent up their tribes, a princely hoft,

PSALM LXIX.

28 Thus God to ftrength and union brought our tribes, at ilrife till that bleft hour;
This work, which thou,O God, haft wrought, confirm with freih recruits of pow'r.

29 To vifit Salem, Lord, defcend, and Sion thy terreftrial throne ;
Where kings with prefents (hall attend, and thee with offer'd crowns atone.

30 Break down the fpearmen's ranks, who threat like pam per'd herds of favage might;
Their filver armour'd chiefs defeat, who in deftruclive war delight.

3 1 Egypt (hall then to God ftretch forth her hands, and Afric homage bring :

32 The fcatter'd kingdoms of the earth their common Sov'reign's praifes fing,

33 Who, mounted on the loftieft fphere of ancient heav'n, fublimely rides ;
From whence his dreadful voice we hear, like that of warring winds and tides.

34 Afcribe ye pow'r to God moft high, of humble Ifrael he takes care ;
Whofe ftrength from out the dulky iky darts mining terrors through the air.
3 r How dreadful are the facred courts, where God has fix'd his earthly throne !
His ftrength his feeble faints fupports; to God give praife, and him alone.

PSALM LXIX.

SAVE me, O God, from waves that roll, and prefs to overwhelm rny foul :
2 With painful fteps in mire I tread, and deluges o'erflow my head.

3 With reftlefs cries my fpirits faint, my voice is hoarfe with long complaint;
My fight decays with tedious pain, whilft for my God I wait in vain.

4 My hairs, though numerous, are but few compar'd with foes that me purfue
With groundlefs hate, grown now of might, to execute their lawlefs fpite :
They force me guiltlefs to refign as rapine, what by right was mine.

5 Thou, Lord, my innocence doft fee, nor are my fms concealed from thee.

6 Lord God of hofts, take timely care* left for my fake thy faints defpair ;

7 Since I have fuffer'd for thy name reproach, and hid my face in (name.

8 A ft ranger to my country grown, nor to my neareft kindred known ;
A foreigner, expos'd to fcorn by brethren of my mother born.

9 For zeal to thy lov'd houfe and name conftimes me like devouring flame,
Concern'd at their affronts to thee, more than at flanders caft on me.

10 My very tears and abftinencc they conftrue in a fpiteful fenfe :

11 When cloth'd with fackclothfor their fake, they me their common proverb make.

1 2 Their judges at my wrongs do jeft, thofe wrongs they ought to have redreft
How mould 1 then expect to be from libels of lewd drunkards free ?

13 But, Lord, to thee I will repair for help with humble timely pray'r;
Relieve me from thy mercy's ftore, difplay thy truth's preferving pow'r.

14 From threat'ning dangers me relieve, and from the mire my feet retrieve ;
From fpiteful foes in fafety keep, and fnatch me from the raging deep.

1 5 Control the deluge ere it fpread, and roll its waves above my head ;
Nor deep deft ruction's open pit to clofe her jaws on me permit.

1 6 Lord, hear the humble pray'r I make, for thy tranfcending goodnefs' fake ;

Relieve thy fupplicant once more from thy abounding mercy's ftore.

make hafte, for defp'rate is my caf
1 8 Thy timely fuccour interpofe, and fhield me from remorfelefs foes.

17 Nor from thy fervant hide thy face; make hafte, for defp'rate is my cafe;

19 Thou know'ft what infamy and fcorn I from my enemies have borne,
Nor can their clofe diflembled fpite, or darkeft plots, efcape thy light.

20 Reproach and grief have broke myheart; I look'd for fome to take my part,
To pity or relieve my pain ; but look'd, alas ! for both in vain.

21 With hunger pin'd, for food I call, inftead of food they give me gall;
And when with thirft my fpirits fink, they give me vinegar to drink.

22 Their table therefore to their health fhall prove a mare, a trap their weakh

23 Perpetual darknefs feize their eyes, and fudden blafts their hopes furprife.

PSALM LXX, LXXL

24 On them them (halt thy fury pour, till thy fierce wrath their race devour ;
2£ And make their houfe a difmal cell, where none will e'er vouchfafe to dwell.

26 For new afflictions they procur'd for him, who had thy ftripes endur'd;
And made the wounds thy fcourge had torn to bleed afrefli with (harper fcorn.

27 Sin fhall to fin their fteps betray, till they to truth have loft the way :

28 From life thou (halt exclude their foul, nor with the juft their names enrol.

29 But ine, howe'er diftrefs'd and poor, thy ftrong falvation fhall reftore :

30 Thy pow'r with fongs I'll then proclaim, and celebrate with thanks thy Name.

31 Our God fhall this more highly prize than herds or flocks in facrifice;

32 Which humble faints with joy (hall fee, and hope for like redrefs with me.

33 For God regards the poor's complaint, fets pris'ners free from clofe reftraint.

34 Let heav'n, earth, fea, their voices raife, and all the world refound his praife.
3£ For God will Sion's walls erect, and Judah's cities ftill protect,

Till all her fcatter'd fons repair to undifturb'd poffeffion there.

36 This blefling they fhall at their death to their religious heirs bequeath ;
And they to endlefs ages more of fuch as his bleft name adore.

PSALM LXX.

OLord, to my relief draw near, for never was more preffing need :

For my deliv'rance, Lord, appear, and add to that deliv'rance fpeed.

2 Confulion on their heads return, who to deftroy my foul combine;
Let them, defeated, blufh and mourn, enfnar'd in their own vile defign.

3 Their doom let defolation be, with fhame their malice be repaid,
Who mock'd my confidence in thee, and fport of my affliction made.

4 While thofe, who humbly feek thy face, to joyful triumph fhall be rais'd,
And all who prize thy faving grace, with me fhall fmg,The Lordbeprais'd.
$ Thus wretched though I am and poor, the mighty Lord of me takes care;
Thou, God, who only canft reftore, to my relief with fpeed repair.

PSALM LXXL

i, 2 TTN thee I put my fteadfaft truft, defend me, Lord, from ihame j

JL Incline thine ear, and fave my foul, for righteous is thy Name.

3 Be thou my ftrong abiding place, to which I may refort ;

'Tis thy decree that keeps me fafe; thou art my rock and fort.

4, f From cruel and ungodly men protect and fet me free;

For, from my earlieft youth till now, my hope has been in thee.

6 Thy conftant care did fafely guard my tender infant days ;

Thou took'ft me from my mother's womb to fing thy conftant praiie.

7, 8 While fome on me with wonder gaze, thy hand fupports me ftill ;

Thy honour, therefore, and thy praife my mouth fhall always fill.

9 Reject not then thy fervant, Lord, when I with age decay,

Forfake me not when, worn with years, my vigour fades away,

i o My foes againft my fame and me with crafty malice fpeak ;

Againft my foul they lay their fnares, and mutual counfel take,

i r His God, fay they, fbrfakes him now, on whom he did rely;

Purfue and take him, whilft no hope of timely aid is nigh.

1 2 But thou, my God, withdraw not far, for fpeedy help I call ;

1 3 To fhame and ruin bring my foes, that feek to work my fall.

14 But as for me, my fteadfaft hope fhall on thy pow'r depend,
And I in grateful fongs of praife my time to come will fpend.

PSALM LXXII.

The Second Part.

1 1; Thy righteous afts and faving health my mouth fliall ftill declare ;

Unable yet to count them all, though fumm'd with utmoft care.

1 6 While God vouchfafes me his fupport, I'll in his ftrength go on ;
All other righteoufnefs difclaim, and mention his alone.

17 Thou, Lord, haft taught me from my youth to praife thy glorious Name ;
And ever fince thy wondrous works have been my conftant theme.

1 8 Then now forfake me not when I am grey and feeble grown,

Till I to thefe, and future times, thy ftrength and pow'r have mown.

19 How high thy juftice foars, O God ! how great and wondrous are
The mighty works which thou haft done ! who may with thee compare ?

20 Me, whom thy hand has forely prefs'd, thy grace mall yet relieve,
And from the loweft depth of woe with tender care retrieve.

1 I Through thee, my time to come mail be with pow'r and greatnefs crown'd ;
And me, who difmal years have pafs'd, thy comforts fliall furround.

22 Therefore with pfaltery and harp thy truth, O Lord, I'll praife;
To thee, the God of Jacob's race, my voice in anthems raife.

23 Then joy fliall fill my mouth, andfongs employ my cheerful voice;
My grateful foul, by thee redeem'd, fliall in thy ftrength rejoice.

24 My tongue thy juft and righteous afts mail all the day proclaim ;
Becaufe thou didft confound my foes, and brought'ft them all to fhame.

PSALM LXXII.

LORD, let thy juft decrees the king in all his ways direct;
And let his fon, throughout his reign, thy righteous laws refpeft.

2 So fhall he ftill thv people judge with pure and upright mind,
Whilft all the helplefs poor (hall him their juft protector find.

3 Then hills and mountains fliall bring forth the happy fruits of peace,
Which all the land fliall own to be the work of righteoufnefs ;

4 Whilft he the poor and needy race fliall rule with gentle fvvay,
And from their humble necks fliall take oppreffive yokes away.

5 In ev'ry heart thy awful fear fliall then be rooted faft,
As long as fun and moon endure, or time itfelf fliall laft.

6 He fhall defcend like rain that cheers the meadows' fecond birth,
Or like warm fliow'rs, whofe gentle drops refrefli the thirfty earth.

7 In his bleft days the juft and good fliall be with favour crown'd;
The happy land fliall every where with endlefs peace abound.

8 His uncontroll'd dominion fhall from fea to fea extend, .
Begin at proud Euphrates' ftreams, at nature's limits end.

9 To him the favage nations round fhall bow their fervile heads ;
His vanquifli'd foes fliall lick the duft, where he his conqueft fpreads.

10 The kings of Tarfhifh and the ifles fhall coftly prefents bring;
From fpicy Sheba gifts fliall come, and wealthy Seba's king.

1 1 To him fliall ev'ry king on earth his humble homage pay,
And diff'ring nations gladly join to own his righteous fivay.

12 For he fhall fet the needy free, when they for fuccour cry,
Shall fave the helplefs and the poor, and all their wants fupply.

The Second Part.

1 3 His providence for needy fouls fliall due fupplies prepare ;
And over their defencelefs lives fhall watch with tender care.

14 He fhall preferve and keep their fotils from fraud and rapine free,
And in his fight their guiltlefs blood of mighty price fliall be.

PSALM LXXIII.

I r Therefore ftvall God his life and reign to many years extend,

Whilft eaftern princes tribute pay, and golden prefents fend.

For him fhall conftant pray'rs be made through all his profp'rous days ;

His juft dominion fhall afford a lading theme of praife,

1 6 Of ufeful grain, through all the land, great plenty fhall appear;
A handful fown on mountain tops a mighty crop (hall bear.
Its fruit, like cedars fhook by winds, a rattling noife fhall yield;
The city too fhall thrive, and vie for plenty with the field.

17 The mem'ry of his glorious Name through endlefs years fhall run;
His fpotlefs fame fhall fhine as bright and lafting as the fun.

In him the nations of the world fhall be completely blefs'd,

And his unbounded happinefs by ev'ry tongue confefs'd.

1 8 Then blefs'd be God, the mighty Lord, the God whom Ifrael fears;
Who only wondrous in his works beyond compare appears.

19 Let earth be with his glory fill'd ; and ever blcfs his Name ;
Whilft to his praife the lift'ning world their glad affcnt proclaim.

PSALM LXXIII.

AT length, by certain proofs, 'tis plain that God will to his faints be kind;
That all whofe hearts are pure and clean fhall his protecting favour find.
2, 3 Till this fuftaining truth I knew, my ftagg'ring feet had almoft fail'd;

I griev'd the fmner's wealth to view, and envied when the fools prevail'd.

4, 5 They to the grave in peace defcend, and whilfl they live are hale and ftrong;
No plague or troubles them offend, which oft to other men belong.

6,7 With pride, as with a chain, they're held, and rapine feems their robe of ftate ;
Their eyes rtand out, with fatncfs fwell'd, they grow beyond their wifhes great.
8, 9 With hearts corrupt, and lofty talk, oppreffive methods they defend ;
Their tongue through all the earth does walk, their blafphemies to Heav'n afcend.
10 And yet admiring crowds are found, who fervile vifits duly make,
Becaufe with plenty they abound, of which their flatt'ring flaves partake.

I 1 Their fond opinions thefe purfue, till they with them profanely cry,

« How mould the Lord our aclions view, can he perceive who dwells fo high ?"
1 2 Behold the wicked ! thefe are they who openly their fins profefs ;
And yet their wealth's increas'd each day, and all their actions meet fuccefs.
13,14 Then have I cleans'd my heart, faid I, and wafh'd my hands from guilt in vain,
If all the day opprefs'd I lie, and every morning fuffer pain.

ic Thus did I once to fpeak intend ; but, if fuch things I rafhly" fay,

Thy children, Lord, I muft offend, and bafely mould their caufe betray.

The Second Part.

1 6, 17 To fathom this my thoughts I bent, but found the cafe too hard for me ;
Till to the houfe of God I went, then I their end did plainly fee.

1 8 How high foe'er advanc'd, they all on flipp'ry places loofely ftand;
Thence into ruin headlong fall, caft down by thy avenging hand.

19,20 How dreadful and howquick theirfate ! defpis'd by thee when they're deftroy 'd ;
As waking men with fcorn do treat the fancies that their dreams employ 'd.

21,22 Thus was my heart with grief oppreft, my reins were rack'd with reftlefs pains ;
So ftupid was I, like a beaft, who no reflecting thought retains.

23, 24 Yet ftill thy prefenre me fupplied, and thy right hand affiitance gave :
Thou firft malt with thy counfel guide, and then to glory me receive.
2 5 Whom then in heav'n, but thee alone, have I, whole favour I require ?
Throughout the fpacious earth there's none that I befides thee can defire.
26 My trembling flefh and aching heart may often fail to fuccour me,
But God fhall inward ftrength impart, and my eternal portion be,

PSALM LXXIV.

2j For they that far from thec remove,
If after other gods they rove,
28 But as for me, 'tis good and juft
In him I always put my truft,

fhall into fudden ruin fall ;
thy vengeance mall deftroy them all.
that I mould ftill to God repair ;
and will his wondrous works declare.

PSALM LXXIV.

WHY haft thou caft us off, O God ? wilt thou no more return ?
O why againft thy chofen flock does thy fierce anger burn ?
i Think on thy ancient purchafe, Lordj
By thee redeem'd, and Sion's mount,

3 O come, and view our ruin'd {late !
See how the foe, with wicked rage,

4 Thy foes blafpheme thy Name, where late thy zealous fervants pray'd ;
The heathen there, with haughty pomp, their banners have difplay'd.
r, 6 Thofe curious carvings, which did once advance the artift's fame,

the land that is thy own ;
where once thy glory fhone.
how long our troubles laft !
has laid thy temple wafte !

With ax and hammer they deftroy,

7 Thy holy temple they have burnt :
Has been profan'd, and quite defac'd,

8 Thy wormip wholly to deftroy
And all the facred places burn'd,

9 Yet of thy prefence thou vouchfaf'ft
We have no prophet now, that knows

like works of vulgar frame,
and what efcap'd the flame
though facred to thy Name,
malicioufly they aim'd ;
where we thy praife proclaim'd.
no tender figns to fend;
when this fad ftate fhall end.

The Second Part.

th' infulting foe to boaft ?
for evermore be loft ?

10 But, Lord, how long wilt thou permit
Shall all the honour of thy Name

1 1 Why hold'ft thou back thy ftrong right hand, and on thy patient breaft,
When vengeance calls to ftretch it forth, fo calmly lett'ft it reft ?

12 Thou heretofore, with kingly pow'r, in our defence haft fought;
For us, throughout the wond'ring world, haft great falvation wrought.

13 'Twas thou, O God, that didft the fea by thy own ftrength divide;
Thou brak'ft the wat'ry monfters' heads, the waves o'erwhelm'd their pride.

14 The greateft, fierceft of them all, that feem'd the deep to fway,
Was by thy pow'r deftroy 'd, and made to favage beafts a prey.

1 5 Thou clav'ft the folid rock, and mad'ft the waters largely flow ;
Again thou mad'ft through parting ftreams thy wond'ring people go.

1 6 Thine is the cheerful day, and thine the black return of night ;
Thou haft prepar'd the glorious fun, and ev'ry feebler light :

17 By thee the borders of the earth in perfect order ftand ;
The fummer's warmth, aad winter's cold, attend on thy command.

The Third Part.

1 8 Remember, Lord, how fcornful foes
And how the foolim people have

19 O free thy mourning turtle-dove,
Nor the affembly of thy poor

20 Thy ancient covenant, Lord, regard,
For now each corner of the land

21 O let not the opprefs'd return
But let the helplefs and the poor

22 Arife, O God, in our behalf,
Remember how infulting fools

23 Make thou the boaftings of thy foes
Whofe infolence, if unchaftis'd,

have daily urg'd our mame ;
blafphem'd thy holy Name.
by finful crowds befet;
for evermore forget,
and make thy promife good ;
is fill'd with men of blood,
with forrow cloth'd and fhame ;
for ever praife thy Name,
thy caufe and ours maintain;
each day thy Name profane !
for evermore to ceafe ;
will more and more increafe.

PSALM LXXV— LXXVII.

PSALM

TlO thee, O God, we render praife,
For that thy Name to us is nigh,

2 In Ifrael when my throne is fix'd,

3 The land with difcord (hakes, but I
Deluded wretches I advis'd

And waru'd bold finners, that they mould
c Bear not yourfelves fo high, as if
Submit your ftubborn necks, and learn
6 For that promotion, which to gain
From neither eaft, nor weft, nor yet
n For God the great difpofer is,
Who cafts the proud to earth, and lifts
8 His hand holds forth a dreadful cup,
The deadly mixture, which his wrath
Of this his faints fometimes may tafte ;
The bitter dregs, and be condemn'd
o His prophet, I to all the world
The juitice then of Jacob's God
10 The wicked's pride I will reduce,
Exalt the juft, and feat him high,

LXXV.

to thee with thanks repair;
thy wondrous works declare,
with me fhall juftice reign:
the finking frame fuilain.
their errors to redrefs,
their fwelling pride fupprefs.
no pow'r could yours reftrain ;
to (peak with lefs difdain.
your vain ambition ftrives,
from fouthern climes arrives,
and fov'reign Judge alone,
the humble to a throne,
with purple wine 'tis crown'd ;
deals out to nations round,
but wicked men (hall fqueeze
to drink the very lees,
this meflage will relate ;
my fong fhall celebrate,
their cruelty difarm ;
above the reach of harm.

PSALM LXXVI.

IN Judah the Almighty's known, (Almighty there by wonders mown,)

His Name in Jacob does excel;

2 His fanftuary in Salem ftands ; the Majefty that heav'n commands

In Sion condefcends to dwell.

3 He brake the bow and arrows there, the (hield, thetemper'd fword, and fpear,

There (lain the mighty army lay ;

4 Whence Sion's fame through earth isfpread, of greater glory, greater dread,

Than hills where robbers lodge their prey.
$ Their valiant chiefs, who came for fpoil, themfelves met there a fhameful foil;

Securely down to deep they lay-:
But wak'd no more; their ftouteft band ne'er lifted one refifting hand

'Gainft his, that did their legions flay.

6 When Jacob's God began to frown, both horfe and charioteers o'erthrown,

Together flept in endlefs night.

7 When thou, whom earth and heav'n revere, doft once with wrathful look appear,

What mortal pow'r can (land thy fight ? [did'ft come,

8 Pronounc'd from heav'n, earth heard its doom; grew hum'd with fear, when thou

9 The meek with juftice to reftore :

10 The wrath of man (hall yield thee praife; its laft attempts but ferve to raife

The triumphs of Almighty pow'r.

1 1 Vow to the Lord, ye nations ; bring vow'd prefents to th' eternal King ;

Thus to his Name due rev'rence pay :

1 2 Who proudeft potentates can quell ; to earthly kings more terrible,

Than to their trembling fubjeds they.

PSALM

LXXVII.

did gracioufly repair ;

TO God I cried, who to my help

2 In trouble's difmal day I fought my God with humble pray'r.

All night my feft'ring wound did run, no med'cine gave relief;

My foul no comfort would admit, my foul indulg'd her grief.

PSALM LXXVIII.

3 I thought on God, and favours paft,
I found my fpirit more opprefs'd,

4 Through ev'ry watch of tedious night
My grief is fwell'd to that excefs,

c I call to mind the days of old,
Thofe famous years of ancient times,

6 By night I recollect my fongs,
Then fearch, confult, and afk my heart,

7 Has God for ever caft us off?

8 Are both his mercy and his truth
o Can his long-praftis'd love forget
Has he in wrath fhut up and feal'd

10 I faid, My weaknefs hints thefe fears :
I'll yet remember the Moft High,
j i I'll call to mind his works of old,

1 2 On them my heart (hall meditate,

13 Safe lodg'd from human fearch on high,
Who is fo great a God as ours ?

14 Long fmce a God of wonders thee

1 5- Long fmce haft thou thy chofen feed
16 When thee, O God, the waters faw,

but that increased my pain ;
the more I did complain,
thou keep'lt my eyes awake ;
I flgh, but cannot fpeak.
with fignal mercy crown'd,
for miracles renown'd.
on former triumphs made ;
where's now that wondrous aid ?
withdrawn his favour quite?
retir'd to endlefs night ?
its wonted aids to bring ?
his mercy's healing fpring ?
but I'll my fears difband ;
and years of his right hand,
the wonders of his might ;
my tongue mall then recite.
O God, thy counfels are !
who can with him compare ?
thy refcu'd people found :
with ftrong deliv'rance crown'd.
the frighted billows fhrunk ;
beneath their channels funk.

The troubled depths themfelves, for fear

17 The clouds pour'd down, while rending flues did with their noife confpire ;
Thy arrows all abroad were fent, wing'd with avenging fire.

1 8 Heav'n with thy thunder's voice was torn, whilft all the lower world
With lightnings blaz'd, earth (hook, andfeem'd from her foundations hurlM.

19 Through rolling ftreams thou find'ft thy way, thy paths in waters lie;
Thy wondrous paffage, where no fight thy footfteps can defcry.

20 Thou ledd'ft thy people like a flock, fafe through the defert land,
By Mofes, their meek fldlful guide, and Aaron's facred hand.

PSALM LXXVIII.

HEAR, O my people ; to my law
Let the inftruftion of my mouth

2 My tongue, by infpiration taught,
Dark oracles, but underftood,

3 Which we from facred regifters
And our forefathers' pious care

4 We will not hide them from our fons ;
The praifes of the Lord, whofe ftrength
c For Jacob he this law ordain'd ;
with charge to be from age to age,

6 That generations yet to come
Religioufly tranfmit the fame,

7 To teach them that in God alone
That they mould ne'er his works forget,

8 Left, like their fathers, they might prove
Falfe-hearted, fickle to their God,

g Such were revolting Ephraim's fons,
And ikilful archers, arm'd with bows,
i o, 1 1 They falfified their league with Godj
Forgot his works and miracles

devout attention lend ;
deep in your hearts defcend.
fhall parables unfold,
and own'd for truths of old.
of ancient times have known,
to us have handed down,
our offspring mall be taught
has works of wonder wrought,
this league with Ifrael made ;
from race to race conveyed :
fhould to their unborn heirs
and they again to theirs.

their hope fecurely ftands ;
but keep his juft commands,
a ftiff rebellious race,
unfteadfaft in his grace,
who, though to warfare bred,
from field ignobly fled,
his orders difobey'd,
before their eyes dilplay'd.

PSALM LXXVII1.

12 Nor wonders which their fathers faw did they in mind retain;
Prodigious things in Egypt done, and Zoan's fertile plain.

13 He cut the feas to let them pafs, reftrain'd the prefling flood ;
While, pil'd in heaps, on either fide the folid waters ftood.

14 A wondrous pillar led them on, compos'd of (hade and light ;
A fhelt'ring cloud it prov'd by day, a leading fire by night.

I 5 When drought opprefs'd them, where no ftream the wildernefs fupply'd,
He cleft the rock, whofe flinty breaft diflblv'd into a tide.

16 Streams from the folid rock he brought, which down in rivers fell,
That, trav'ling with their camp, each day renew'd the miracle.

17 Yet there they finn'd aeainft him more, provoking the Moft High,
In that fame defert, where he did their fainting fouls fupply.

1 8 They firft incens'd him in their hearts, that did his pow'r diftruft,
And long'd for meat, not urg'd by want, but to indulge their luft.

19 Then\itter'd their blafpheming doubts, " Can God (fay they) prepare
« A table in the wildernefs, fet out with various fare ?

20 " He fmote the flinty rock, 'tis true, and gufhing ftreams enfu'd ;
« But can he corn and flefh provide for fuch a multitude ?"

21 The Lord with indignation heaid : from heav'n avenging flame
On Jacob fell, con fuming wrath on thanklefs Ifrael came.

22 Becaufe their unbelieving hearts in God would not confide,
Nor truit his care, who had from heav'n their wants fo oft fupply'd.

23 Though he had made his clouds difcharge provifions down in mow'rs ;
And, when earth fail'd, reliev'd their needs from* his celeftial ft ores.

24 Though tafteful manna was rain'd down, their hunger to relieve ;
Though from the ftores of heav'n they did fuftaining corn receive.

25 Thus man, with angels' facred food, ungrateful man, xvas fed;
Not Sparingly, for ft ill they found a plenteous table fpread.

26 From he:iv'n he made an eaft wind blow, then did the fouth command,

27 To rain down flefh, like duft, and fowls like fea's unnumber'd fand.

28 Within their trenches he let fall the lufcious eafy prey,
And all around their fpreading camp the ready booty lay.

29 They fed, were fill'd: he gave them leave their appetites to feaft ;

30, 31 Yet ftill their wanton luft crav'd on, nor with their hunger ceas'd.
But whilft in their luxurious mouths they did their dainties chew,

The wrath of God fmote down their chiefs, and Ifrael's chofen flew.

The Second Part.

32 Yet ftill they finu'd, nor would afford his miracles belief;

33 Therefore through fruitlefs travels he confum'd their lives in grief.

34 When fome were flain, the reft return'd to God with early cry;

35 Own'd him the rock of their defence, their Saviour, God moft high.

36 But this was feign'd fubmiffion all ; their heart their tongue bely'd ;

37 Their heart was ftill perverfe, nor would firm in his league abide.

38 Yet, full of mercy, he forgave, nor did with death chaftife;
But turn'd his kindled wrath afide, nor would not let it rife.

39 For he remember'd they were flefh that could not long remain ;
A murm'ring wind that's quickly paft, and ne'er returns again.

40 How oft did they provoke him there, how oft his patience grieve,
In that fame defert where he did their fainting fouls relieve !

41 They tempted him by turning back? and wickedly repin'd,
When Ifrael's God rcfusM to be by their dcfires «onfmM.

D

PSALM LXXVni.

42 Nor call'd to mind the hand and day that their redemption brought ;

43 His figns in Egypt, wondrous works in Zoan's valley wrought.

44 He turn'd their rivers into blood, that man and beaft forbore,
And rather chofe to die of thirft, than drink the putrid gore.

45 He fent devouring fvvarms of flies; hoarfe frogs annoy'd their foil;

46 Locufts and caterpillars reap'd the harveft of their toil.

47 Their vines with batt'ring hail were broke, with froft the fig-tree dies;

48 Lightning and hail made flocks and herds one general facrifice.
,|9 He turn'd his anger loofe, and {et no time for it to ceafe ;
And, with their plagues, bad angels fent their torments to increafe.

50 He clear'd a paflage for his wrath to ravage uncontroll'd ;
The murrain on their firftlings feiz'd in ev'ry field and fold.

51 The deadly peft from beaft to man, from field to city came ;

It flew their heirs, their eldeft hopes, through all the tents of Ham.

52 But his own tribe, like folded fheep, he brought from their diftrefs,
And them conducted like a flock throughout the wildernefs.

53 He led them on, and in their way no caufe of fear they found ;
But march'd (ecurely through thoie deeps, in which their foes were drown'd.

54 Nor ceas'd his care till them he brought fafe to his promis'd land,
And to his holy mount, the prize of his victorious hand.

55 To them the outcaft heathen's land he did by lot divide ;
And in their foes' abandon'd tents made Ifrael's tribes refide.

The Third Part.

56 Yet ftill they tempted, ftill provok'd the wrath of God moft high ;
Nor would to praftife his commands their ftubborn hearts apply.

57 But in their faithlefs fathers' fteps perverfely chofe to go;
They turn afide, like arrows fhot from fome deceitful bow.

58 For him to fury they provok'd with altars fet on high ;
And with their graven images inflam'd his jealoufy.

59 When God heard this, on Ifrael's tribes his wrath and hatred fell ;

60 He quitted Shilo, and the tents where once he chofe to dwell.

61 To vile captivity his ark, his glory to difdain,

62 His people to the fword he gave, nor would his wrath reftrain.

63 Deftruftive war their ableft youth untimely did confound ;

No virgin was to th' altar led with nuptial garlands crown'd.

64 In fight the facrificer fell, the prieft a viftim bled ;
And widows, who their death fhould mourn, themfelves of grief were dead.

65 Then, as a giant rous'd from fleep, whom wine had throughly warm'd,
Shouts out aloud, the Lord awak'd, and his proud foe alarm'd.

66 He fmote their hofts, that from the field a fcatter'd remnant came,
With wounds imprinted on their backs of everlafting fliame.

67 With conquefts crown'd, he Jofeph's tents and Ephratm's tribe forfook ;

68 But Judah chofe, and Sion's mount for his lov'd dwelling took.

69 His temple he erefted there, with fpires exalted high,
While deep and fix'd, as that of earth, the ftrong foundations lie.

70 His faithful fervant David too he for his choice did own,
And from the meepfolds him advanc'd to fit on Judah's throne.

71 From tending on the teeming ewes, he brought him forth to feed
His own inheritance, the tribes of Ifrael's chofen feed.

72 Exalted thus the monarch prov'd a faithful fhepherd ftill ;
He fed them with an upright heart,. . and guided them with flcill.

PSALM LXXIX, LXXX.

PSALM LXXIX.

BEHOLD, O God, how heathen hofts
Thy facred houfe they have defil'd,

2 The mangled bodies of thy faints
Their flefh expos'd to favagc hearts,

3 Quite through Jerus'lem was their blood
And none were left alive to pay

4 The neighb'ring lands our frnall remains
And we a laughing-flock are made

c How long wilt thou be angry, Lord j
Shall thy devouring jealous rage,

6 On foreign lands, that know not thee,
Thofe finful kingdoms let it crufh,

7 For their devouring jaws have prey'd
And to a barren defert turn'd

8 O think not on our former fins,
The utter ruin of thy faints,

o Thou God of our falvation, help,
So mall our pardon and defence

10 Let infidels, that fcofting fay,

In vengeance for thy flaughter'd faints,

1 1 Lord, hear the fighing pris'ner's moan,
Preferve the wretches, doom'd to die,

1 2 On them who us opprefs let all
Make their confufion feven times more

13 So we, thy people and thy flock,
And with glad hearts our grateful thanks

have thy pofleflion feiz'd ;
thy holy city raz'd.
abroad unbury'd lay ;
and rav'nous birds of prey,
like common water med ;
lart duties to the dead,
with loud reproaches wound ;
to all the nations round,
muft we for ever mourn ?
like fire, for ever burn ?
thy heavy vengeance fhow'r;
that have not own'd thy pow'r.
on Jacob's chofen race ;
their fruitful dwelling-place,
but fpeedily prevent
almofl with forrow fpent.
and free our fouls from blame ;
exalt thy glorious Name.
Where is the God they boait ?
perceive thee to their coft.
thy faving pow'r extend ;
from that untimely end.
our fuff 'rings be repaid;
than what on us they laid,
fhall ever praife thy Name;
from age to age proclaim.

PSALM LXXX.

OlfraePs Shepherd, Jofeph's Guide,
Thou that doft on the cherubs ride,

2 Behold, how Benjamin expefts,
In our deliv'rance, the effeds

3 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thou
And all the ills we fufFer now

4 O thou, whom heav'nly hofts obey,
How long thy fufF'ring people pray,

c When hungry, we are forc'd to drench
When dry, our raging third we quench

6 For us the heathen nations round,
Our foes with fpiteful joy abound,

7 Do thou convert us, Lord ; do thou
And all the ills we fufFer now

our pray'rs to thee vouchfafe to hear;

again in folemn ftate appear.

with Ephraim and Manaifeh join'd,

of thy refiftlefs ftrength to find.

the luftre of thy face difplay;

like fcatter'd clouds fhall pfs away.

how long fhall thy fierce anger burn ?

and to their pray'rs have no return ?

our fcanty food in floods of woe ;

with ft reams of tears that largely flow.

as for a common prey conteft ;

and at our loft condition jeft.

the luftre of thy face difplay;

like fcatter'd clouds fhall pafs away.

TJic Second Part.

8 Thou brought'ft a vine from Egypt's land, and, cafting out the heathen race,
Didft plant it with thine own right hand, and firmly fix'd it in their place.
o Before it thou prepar'ft the way, and mad'it it take a lafting root ;

Which, bleit with thy indulgent ray, o'er all the land did widely fhoot.

lOj 1 1 The hills were cover 'd with its lhade, its goodly bows did cedars feem;
Its branches to the fea. were fpread, and reach'd to proud Euphrates' itream*

D 2

PSALM LXXXI.

1 2 Why then haft thou its hedge overthrown, which thou hadft made fo firm and
Whilft all its grapes, defencelefs grown, are pluck'd by thofe that pafs along, [ftrong?

1 3 See how the briftling foreft boar with dreadful fury lays it wafte ;
Hark, how the favage monfters roar, and to their helplefs prey make hafte.

The Third Part.

14 To thee, O God of hofts, we pray ; thy wonted goodnefs, Lord, renew ;
From heav'n, thy throne, this vine furvey

1 5 Behold the vineyard made by thee,
And keep that branch from danger free,

1 6 To wafting flames 'tis made a prey,
At thy rebuke they foon decay

and her fad ftate with pity view,
which thy right hand did guard fo long;
which for thy felf thou mad'ft fo ftrong.
and all its fpreading boughs cut down,
and perifh at thy dreadful frown.

1 7 Crown thou the king with good fuccefs, by thy right hand fecur'd from wrong:

The fon of man in mercy blefs,

1 8 So mall we ftill continue free
And, if once more reviv'd by thee,

19 Do thou convert us, Lord; do thou
And all the ills we fuffer now,

PSALM

TO God, our never-failing ftrength,
And jointly make a cheerful noife

2 Compofe a hymn of praife, and touch
Let pfalteries and pl-eafant harps

3 Let trumpets at the great new moon
To celebrate th' appointed time,

4 For this a ftatute was of old,
To be with pious care obferv'd

5 This he for a memorial fix'd,

Strange nations' barb'rous fpeech we heard

6 " Your burden'd moulders I reliev'd,
ff Your fervile hands by me were freed

whom for thy felf thou mad'ft fo ftrong.

from whatfoe'er deferves thy blame ;

will always praife thy holy Name.

the luftre of thy face difplay ;

like fcatter'd clouds, mall pafs away.

LXXXI.

with loud applaufes fing ;

to Jacob's awful King.

your inftruments of joy,

your grateful ikill employ.

their joyful voices raife,

the folemn day of praife.

which Jacob's God decreed,

by Ifrael's chofen feed.

when freed from Egypt's land ;

but could not underftand.

(thus feems our God to fay,)

from lab'ring in the clay.

to me for aid did call ;

and fet them free from all.

7 « Your anceftors, with wrongs opprefs'd
" With pity I their fuff 'rings faw,
« They fought for me, and from the cloud in thunder I reply'd ;
" At Meribah's contentious ftream their faith and duty try'd

The Second Part.

8 " While I my folemn will declare,
t( If thou, O Ifrael, to my words

9 « Then mall no god befides myfelf
« Nor malt thou worfhip any god

i o " The Lard thy God am I, who thee
" 'Tis I that all thy juft defires

1 1 " But they, my chofen race, refus'd
« Nor would rebellious Ifrael's fons

1 2 So I, provok'd, refign'd them up
And in their own perverfe defigns

1 3 O that my people wifely would
And Ifrael in my righteous ways

14 Then mould my heavy judgments fall
And my avenging hand be turn'd

1 5 Their enemies and mine fhould all
But as for them, their happy ftate

1 6 All parts with plenty mould abound j
The barren rocks, to pleafe their tafie,

my chofen people, hear :
wilt lend thy lift'ning ear ;
within thy coafts be found ;
of all the nations round,
brought forth from Egypt's land :
fupply with lib'ral hand,
to hearken to my voice ;
make me their happy choice."
to ev'ry luft a prey,
permitted them to ftray.
my juft commandments heed !
with pious care proceed !
on all that them oppofe,
againft their num'rous foes,
before my footftool bend ;
mould never know an end.
with fined wheat their field :
fhould richeft honey yield.

PSALM LXXXIT, LXXXIII.

PSALM LXXXII.

GOD in the great aflembly (lands,
In (late furveys the earthly gods,
2, 3 How dare you then unjuftly judge,
Defend the orphans and the poor,
4 Protect the humble helplefs man,
And let not him become a prey
c They neither know, nor will they learn,
Juftice and truth, the world's fupport,

6 Well then might God in anger fay,

" I've faid, Y'are gods, the fons and heirs

7 " But ne'erlhelefs your unjuft deeds
M You all (hall die like common men,

8 Arife, and thy juft judgments, Lord,
And all the nations of the world

where his impartial eye

and does their judgments try.

or be to finners kind ?

let fuch your juftice find.

reduc'd to deep diftrefs,

to fuch as would opprefs.

but blindly rove and dray ;

through all the land decay.

" I've call'd you by my Name ;

of my immortal fame.

to drift account I'll call ;

like other tyrants fall."

throughout the earth difplay ;

(hall own thy righteous fway.

PSALM LXXXIII.

HOLD not thy peace, O Lord our God, no longer filent be ;
Nor with confenting quiet looks our ruin calmly fee.
2 For lo ! the tumults of thy foes
And thofe who hate thy faints and thee

3 Againft thy zealous people, Lord,
And to deftroy thy chofen faints

4 " Come, let us cut them off, fay they,
f( That no remembrance may remain

5 Thu-s they againft thy people's peace
And difF'ring nations, jointly leagued,

6 The Immaelites, that dwell in tents,
And Moab's fons our ruin vow,

7 Proud Ammon's offspring, Gebal too,
The lords of Paleftine, and all

8 All thefe the (Irong Aflyrian king
Who with a pow'rful army aids

o'er all the land are. fpread ;
lift up their threat'ning head,
they craftily combine ;
have laid their clofe defign.
their nation quite deface ;
of Ifrael's hated race."
confult with one confent ;
their common malice vent,
with warlike Edom join'd,
with Hagar's race combin'd.
with Amalek confpire ;
the wealthy fons of Tyre,
their firm ally have got ;
th' inceftuous race of Lot.

The Second Part.

9 But let fuch vengeance come to them, as once to Midian came ;
To Jabin and proud Sifera, at Kimon's fatal dream.

10 When thy right hand their mim'rous hods near Endor did confound ;

And left their carcafes for dung

1 1 Let all their mighty men the fate
As Zeba and Zalmunna, fo

1 2 Who, with the fame defign infpir'd,
" In firm pofleflion for ourfelves

1 3 To ruin let them hade, like wheels
Like chaff before the winds, let all

to feed the hungry ground,
of Zeb and Oreb (hare ;
let all their princes fare,
thus vainly boading fpake,
let us God's houfes take."
which downwards fwiftly move ;
their fcatter'd forces prove.

14, 1 5 As flames confume dry wood or heath that on parch'd mountains grows,
So let thy fierce purfuing wrath with terror drike thy foes.

1 6, 1 7 Lord, fhroud their faces with difgrace, that they may own thy Name ;
Or them confound, whofe harden'd hearts thy gentler means difclaim.
1 8 So (hall the wond'ring world confefs, that thou, who claim'd alone
Jehovah's Name, o'er all the earth had rais'd thy lofty throne.

P S A L M LXXXIV, LXXXV.

O

PSALM LXXXIV.

God of hofts, the mighty Lord, how lovely is the place,

Where thou, enthron'd in glory, fhew'ft the hrighrnefs of thy face !

to view thy bleft abode ;

for thee, the living God.

around thy temple throng;

fecurely hatch their young.

how highly bleft are they,

and there thy praife difplay!

2 My longing foul faints with defire
My panting heart and flefh cry out

3 The birds, more happy far than T,
Securely there they build, and there

4 O Lord of hofts, my King and God3
Who in thy temple always dwell,

c Thrice happy they, whofe choice has thee their fure protection made ;
Who long to tread the facred ways that to thy dwelling lead !

6 Who pafs through Baca's thirfty vale, yet no refreshment want;
Their pools are fill'd with rain, which thou at their requeft doft grant.

7 Thus they proceed from ftrength to ftrength, and ftill approach more near,

Till all on Sion's holy mount

8 O Lord, the mighty God of hofts,
Thou God of Jacob, let my pray'r

9 Behold, O God, for thou alone
On thy anointed fervant look,

10 For in thy courts one fingle day
Than, Lord, in any place befides

1 1 Much rather in God's houfe will I
Than in the wealthy tents of fin

j 2 For God, who is our fun and fhield,
And no good thing will he withhold
1 3 Thou God, whom heav'nly hofts obey,
Whofe hope and truft? fecurely plac'd,

before their God appear,
my juft requeft regard ;
be It ill with favour heard,
canft timely aid difpenfe ;
be thou his lirong defence :
'tis better to attend,
a thoufand days to fpend.
the meanelt office take,
my pompous duelling make,
will grace and glory give ;
from them that jultly live,
how highly bleft is hej
is ftill repos'd on thee !

PSALM LXXXV.

LORD, thou haft granted to thy land
And faithful Jacob's captive race
2, 3 Thy people's fins thou haft abfolv'd,
Thou haft not let thy wrath flame on,
4 O God our Saviour, all our hearts
That, quench'd with our repenting tears,
c, 6 For why fhould'ft thou be angry ftill
Revive us, Lord, and let thy faints

7 Thy gracious favour, Lord, difplay,
And, for thy wondrous mercy's fake,

8 God's anfwer patiently I'll wait;
(If they no more to folly turn,}

9 To ail that fear his holy Name
And in its former happy ftate

10 For mercy now with truth is join'd,
Like kind companions abfent long,

i r, 12 Truth from the earth mail fpring,
And God, from whom all goodnefs flows,
13 Before him righteoufnefs mail march,
Wjhiift we his holy fteps purfue,

the favours we irnplor'd,

haft gracioufly reftor'd.

and all their guilt defaced;

nor thy fierce anger laft.

to thy obedience turn;

thy wrath no more may burn.
, an'd wrath fo long retain ?

thy wonted comfort gain.

which we have long implor'd ;

thy wonted aid afford.

for he with glad fuccefs,

his mourning faints will blefs.

his fure falvation's near;

our nation fliall appear,

and righteou fuels with peace,

with friendly ar.ns embrace,
whilit heav 'n ir.all itreams of juftice pour;

ihall endlefs plenty fhow'r.

and his juft paths prepare;

with conftant zeal and care.

PSALM LXXXVI-LXXXVIII.
PSALM LXXXVI.

TO my complaint, O Lord my God,
^^ Hear me, diftrefs'd and deftitute

2 Do tbou, O God, preferve my foul,
Thy fervant keep, and him, whofe truft

3 To me, who daily thee invoke,

4 Refrefh thy fervant's foul, whofe hopes
$ Thou, Lord, art good ; nor only good,
Of plenteous mercy to all thofe

6 To my repeated humble pray'r,

7 When troubled I on thee will call,

g Among the gods there's none like thee,
To thee as much inferior they,

9 Therefore their great Creator thee,
Their long mifguided pray'rs and praife

10 All mall confefs thee great, and great
Confefs thee God, the God fupreme;

thy gracious ear incline ;
of all relief but thine !
that does thy Name adore ;
relies on thee, reftore.
thy mercy, Lord, extend ;
on thee alone depend,
but prompt to pardon too ;
who for thy mercy fue.
O Lord, attentive be ;
for thou wilt anfwer me.
O Lord, alone divine!
as are their works to thine,
the nation mall adore,
to thy bled Name reftore.
the wonders thou haft done
confefs thee God alone*

The Second Part.

1 1 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I
In rev'rence to thy facred Name
j 2 Thee will I praife, O Lord my God>
And to thy everlafting Name

1 3 Thy boundlefs mercies mown to me
For thou haft oft redeem'd my foul

14 O God, the fons of pride and ftrife
Regardlefs of thy pow'r, that oft

I 5 But thou thy conftant goodnefs didft
Of patience, mercy, and of truth,

1 6 O bounteous Lord, thy grace and ftrength
Thy kind protection, Lord, on me,

1 7 Some fignal give, which my proud foes
When thou, O Lord, for my relief

from truth mail ne'er depart;
devoutly fix my heart,
praife thee with heart fincere,
eternal trophies rear,
tranfcend my pow'r to tell,
from lou/eft depths of hell,
have my deftrudion fought,
has my deliv'rance wrought,
to my affiftance bring ;
thou everlafting fpring !
to me thy fervant (how ;
thine handmaid's fon, beftow.
may fee with fhame and rage,
and comfort doft engage.

PSALM LXXXVIL

GOD's temple crowns the holy mount,
2 His Sion's gates, in his account,

3 Fame glorious things of thee (hall fing,

4 I'll mention Rahab with due praife,
The fame of Ethiopia raife,

And grant that fome amongft them born
c,6ButftillofSionI'llaver,
Th' Almighty (hall eftablim her :
That fuch a perfon there was born,
7 He'll Sion find with numbers fill'd
For hand and voice muficians (kill'd,
Of fuch (he (hall fucceflions bring,

the Lord there condefcends to dwell ;
our Ifrael's faireft tents excel.
O city of th' Almighty King!
in Babylon's applaufes join,
with that of Tyre and Paleftine ;
their age and country did adorn,
that many fuch from her proceed ;
his gen'ral lift (hall (hew, when read,
and fuch did fuch an age adorn,
of fuch as merit high renown;
and (her tranfcending fame to crown)
like waters from a living fpring.

PSALM LXXXVIII.

TO thee, my God and Saviour, I by day and night addrefs my cry;

2 Vouchfafe my mournful voice to hear, to my dilirels incline thine ear:

3 For feas of trouble me invade, my foul draws nigh to death's cold (hade,

4 Like one whofe ftrength and hopes arc fled, they number tne among the dead.

D4

P S A L M LXXXIX.

5 Like thofe who, mrouded in the grave3

6 Caft off from thy fuftaining care

7 Thy wrath has hard upon me lain,
Me all thy mountain waves have preft,

8 Remov'd from friends, I figh alone
A vifit will vouchfafe to me,

o My eyes from weeping never ceafe,
Yet daily, Lord, to thee I pray'd,
10 Wilt thou by miracle revive

from thee no more remembrance havej
down to the confines of defpair.
afflifting me with reftlefs pain :
too weak, alas ! to bear the leaft.
in a loath'd dungeon laid, where none
confin'd, part hopes of liberty,
they wafte, but ft ill my griefs increafe;
with out-ftretch'd hands invok'd thy aid.
the dead, whom thou forfook'ft alive ?

From death reftore, thy praife to fmg, whom thou from prifon would'ft not bring ?

1 1 Shall the mute grave thy love confefs ? a mould'ring tomb thy faithfulnefs ?

12 Thy truth and pow'r renown obtain, where darknefs and oblivion reign ?

1 3 To thee, O Lord, I cry forlorn : my pray'r prevents the early morn.

14 Why halt thou, Lord, my foul forfook, nor once vouchfaf'd a gracious look ?
i c Prevailing forrows bear me down, which from my youth with me have grown ;

1 hy terrors part diftraft my mind,
16 Thy wrath hath burft upon my head,
j 7 Environ'd as with waves combin'd,
i 8 My lovers, friends, familiars, all
To dark oblivion all retir'd,

and fears of blacker days behind,
thy terrors fill my foul with dread ;
and for a gen'ral deluge join'd.
remov'd from fight, and out of call;
dead, or at leaft to me expir'd.

PSALM LXXXIX.

THY mercies, Lord, mall be my fong, my fong on them {hall ever dwell;
To ages yet unborn my tongue ' thy never-failing truth mail tell.

2 I have affifm'd, and ftill maintain, thy mercy mall for ever laft ;
Thy truth, that does the heav'ns fuftain, like them mall ftand for ever faft.

3 Thus fpak'ft thou by the prophet's voice, « With David I a league have made;
" To him, my fervant and my choice, by folemn oath this grant convey'd :

4 « While earth, and feas, and fkies endure, thy feed (hall in my fight remain ;
" To them thy throne I will infure ; they {hall to endlefs ages reign.*'

5 For fuch ftupendous truth and love
By choirs of angels fung above,

6 What feraph of celeftial birth
Or who among the gods of earth

7 With rev'rence and religious dread

both heav'n and earth juft praifes owe>
an,d by affembled faints below,
to vie with Ifrael's God fhall dare ?
with our Almighty Lord compare ?
his faints mould to his temple preis;

His fear through all their hearts fhould fpread, who his Almighty Name confefs.
8 Lord God of armies, who can boaft of ftrength or pow'r like thine renown'd ?
Of fuch a num'rous faithful hoft,

9 Thou doft the lawlefs fea control,
Thou mak'ft the fleeping billows roll ;

10 Thou brak'ft in pieces Rahab's pride,
Thy fcatter'd foes have dearly try'd

1 1 In thee the fov 'reign right remains
The world, and all that it contains,

i 2 The poles on which the globe doth reft

Tabor and Hermon, eaft and weft,

i 3 Thy arm is mighty, ftrong thy hand,

14 Poffefs'd of ablolute command,

i 5 Happy, thrice happy, they who hear

Who may at feftivals appear,

as that which does thy throne furround.
and change the profpecl of the deep ;
Thou maK/ft the rolling billows fleep.
and didft opprefling pow'r difarm ;
the force of thy refiftlefs arm.
of earth and heav'n ; thee, Lord, alone,
their maker and preferver own.
were form'd by thy creating voice;
in thy fuftaining pow'r rejoice,
yet, Lord, thou doft with juftice reign;
thou truth and mercy doit maintain,
thy facred trumpet's joyful found ;
with thy moft glorious prefence crown'd!.

PSALM LXXXIX.

1 6 Thy faints (hall always be o'erjoy'd, who on thy facred Name rely ;
And, in thy righteoufnefs employ'd, above their foes be rais'd on high.

1 7 For in thy ftrength they (hall advance, whofe conquefts from thy favour fpring ;

1 8 The Lord of hofts is our defence, and Ifrael's God our Ifrael's King.

19 Thus fpak.'ft thou by the prophet's voice : " A mighty champion I will fend ;
'* From Judah's tribe have I made choice of one who mall the reft defend.

20 " My fervant David I have found, with holy oil anointed him ;

2 r " Him (hall the hand fupport that crown'd, and guard that gave the diadem.

22 " No prince from him (hall tribute force, no fon of ftrife (hall him annoy;

23 "iHis fpiteful foes 1 will difperfe, and them before his face deftrqy.

24 " My truth and grace (hall him fuftain ; his armies, in well order'd ranks,

25 " Shall conquer from the Tyrian main, to Tigris and Euphrates' banks.

26 " Me for his father he (hall take, his God and rock of fafety call ;

27 " Him I my firft-born fon will make, and earthly kings his fubjects all.

28 " To him my mercy I'll fecure, my cov'nant make for ever fad :

29 " His feed for ever (hall endure ; his throne, till heav'n diffolves, (hall laft.

The Second Part.

30 " But if his heirs my law forfake, and from my facred precepts (Iray ;

31 f( If they my righteous ftatutes break, nor ftriclly my commands obey :

32 " Their fins I'll vifit with a rod, and for their folly make them fmart ;

33 " Yet will not ceafe to be their God, nor from my truth, like them, depart.

34 " My cov'nant I will ne'er revoke, but in remembrance faft retain :
" The thing that once my lips have fpoke (hall in eternal force remain.

35 " Once have I fworn, but once for ?J1, and made my holinefs the tie,
" That I my grant will ne'er recall, nor to my fervant David lie.

36 " Whofe throne and race the conftant fun (hall, like his courfe, eftablifh'd fee;

37 " Of this my oath, thou confcious moon, in heav'n my faithful witnefs be."

38 Such was thy gracious promife, Lord ; but thou haft now our tribes forfook;
Thy own anointed haft abhorr'd, and turn'd on him thy wrathful look.

39 Thou feemeft to have render'd void the cov'nant with thy fervant made;
Thou haft his dignity deftroy'd, and in the duft his honour laid.

40 Of ftrong holds thou haft him bereft, and brought his bulwarks to decay ;

41 His frontier coafts defencelefs left, a publick fcorn and common prey.

42 His ruin does glad triumphs yield to foes advanc'd by thee to might;

43 Thou haft his conqu'ring fword unfteel'd, his valour turn'd to (hameful flight.

44 His glory is to darknefs fled, his throne is levelled with the ground ; [drown'd,

45 His youth to wretched bondage led, with (hame o'erwhelm'd and forrow

46 How long (hall we thy abfence mourn ? wilt thou for ever, Lord, retire ?
Shall thy confuming anger burn, till that and we at once expire ?

47 Confider, Lord, how (hort a fpace thou doft for mortal life ordain ;
No method to prolong the race, but loading it with grief and pain.

48 What man is he that can control death's ft rift unalterable doom ?

Or refcue from the grave his foul, the grave that muft mankind entomb ?

49 Lord, where's thy love, thy boundlefs grace, the oath to which thy truth did feal,
Confign'd to David and his race, the grant which time mould ne'er repeal ?
co See how thy fervants treated are with infamy, reproach, and fpite ;
Which in my filent breaft I bear from nations of licentious might.

51 How they, reproaching thy great Name, have made thy fervant's hope their jeft,

52 Yet thy juft praifes we'll proclaim, and ever fing, "The Lord be bleft."

Amen, Amen.

PSALM XC, XCI.

PSALM XC.

Lord, the faviour and defence
From age to age thou ftill haft been

2 Before thou brought'ft the mountains forth
Thou always wert the mighty God,

3 Thou turneft man, O Lord, to dud,
And when thou fpeak'ft the word, " Return,

4 For in thy fight a thoufand years
Or like a watch in dead of night,

5 Thou fweep'ft us off as with a flood,
At firft \ve grow like grafs that feels

6 But howfoever frefh and fair
'Tis all cut down and withered quite
7, 8 We by thine anger are confum'd,
Our publick crimes and fecret fins

9 Beneath thy anger's fad effects
Our unregarded years break off,

10 Our term of life is feventy years,
But if, with more than common ftrength
Yet then our boafted Itrength decays.
So foon the flender thread is cut,

of us thy chofen race,

our fure abiding- place.
, or th' earth and world didft frame,

and ever art the fame.

of which he firft was made j
"'tis inftanlly obey'd.

are like a day that's paft,

whofe hours unminded wafte.

we vanifti hence like dreams;

the fun's reviving beams :

its morning beauty fhews ;

before the ev'ning clofe.

and by thy wrath difmay'd :

before thy fight are laid.

our drooping days we fpend;

like tales that quickly end.

an age that few furvive ;

to eighty we arrive ;

to forrow turn'd, and pain:

and we no more remain.

The Second Part.

1 1 But who thy anger's dread effects
And yet thy wrath does fall or rife,
i 2 So teach us, Lord, th' uncertain fum
That to true wifdom all our hearts
i 3 O to thy fervants, Lord, return,
As we of our mifdeeds, do thou
14 To fatisfy and cheer our fouls
That we may all our days to come
I 5 Let happy times, with large amends,
Or equal at the leaft the term

1 6 To all thy fervants, Lord, let this
And to our offspring yet unborn

17 Let thy bright rays upon us fhinc;
The glorious work we have in hand

does, as he ought, revere ?
as more or lefs we fear,
of our fhort days to mind*
may ever be inclin'd.
and fpeedily relent !
ofourjuftdoom repent.
thy early mercy fend ;
in joy and comfort fpend,
dry up our former tears,
of our afflicted years,
thy wondrous work be known,
thy glorious pow'r be fhown.
give thou our work fuccefs :
do thou vouchfafe to blefs.

PSALM XCI.

HE that has God his guardian made, (hall under the Almighty (hade
Secure and undifturb'd abide.

2 Thus to my foul of him I'll fay, He is my fortrefs and my ftay,

My God, in whom I will confide.

3 His tender love and watchful care fhall free thee from the fowler's fnare,

And from the noiforne peftilence :

4 He over thee his wings fhall fprcad, and cover thy unguarded head;

His truth mall be thy ftrong defence.

5 No terrors that furprife by night fhall thy undaunted courage fright,

Nor deadly ihafts that fly by day;

6 Nor plague of unknown rife, that kills in darknefs, nor infeftious ills

That in the hottcft feafon flay.

PSALM XClf, XCHI.

7 A thoufand at thy fide (hall die, at thy right hand ten thoufand lie,

While thy firm health untouch'd remains ;

8 Thou only lhalt look on and fee the wicked's difmal tragedy,

And count the finner's mournful gains.

9 Becaufe (with vvell-plac'd confidence) thou mak'ft the Lord thy fure defence,

And on the Higheft doft rely ;

10 Therefore no ill (hall the.c befall, nor to thy healthful dwelling fliall

Any infectious plague draw nigh.

111 For he, throughout thy happy days, to keep thee fafe in all thy ways

Shall give his angels ftridt commands ; [feet,

11 2 And they, left thou fhould'ft chance to meet with fome rough ftone to wound thy

Shall bear thee fafely in their hands.
13 Dragons and afps, that thirft for blood, and lions roaring for their food,

Beneath his conqu'ring feet (hall lie ;

Becaufe he lov'd and honour'd me, therefore, fays God, I'll fet him free,

And fix his glorious throne on high.

15 He'll call; I'll anfwer, when he calls, and refcue him when ill befalls;

Increafe his honour and his wealth :

1 6 And when with tindifturb'd content his long and happy life is fpent,

His end I'll crown with faving health.

P S A L M XCII.

HOW good and pleafant muft it be to thank the Lord moft high ;
And with repeated hymns of praife his Name to magnify !

2 With every morning's early dawn his goodnefs to relate ;
And of his conftant truth each night . the glad effects repeat!

3 To ten-ftring'd inftruments we'll fing, with tuneful pfalt'ries join'd;
And to the harp with folemn founds, for facred ufe defign'd.

4 For through thy wondrous works, O Lord, thou mak'ft my heart rejoice;
The thoughts of them (hall make me glad, and fhout with cheerful voice,
c, 6 How wondrous are thy works, O Lord! how deep are thy decrees !
Whofe winding tracks, in (ecret laid, no ftupid (inner fees.

7 He little thinks, when wicked men, like grafs, look frefh and gay,

How foon their (hort-liv'd fplendour muft forever pafs away.

8, 9 But thou, my God, art ftill moft high, and all thy lofty foes,

Who thought they might fecurely fin, mail be o'erwhelrn'd with woes.

10 Whillt thou exalt'ft my fov'reign pow'r, and mak'ft it largely fpread ;

And with refrefhing oil anoint'ft my confecrated .head ;

j i I foon fha-11 fee my ftubborn foes to utter ruin brought,

And hear the difmal end of thofe who have againft me fought.

1 2 But righteous men, like fruitful palms, mail make a glorious (how ;

As cedars that in Lebanon in ftately order grow.

13, 14. Thefe, planted in the houfe of God, within his courts (hall thrive ;

Their vigour and their luftre both mall in old age revive.

15; Thus will the Lord his juftice (how; and God, my llrong defence,

Shall due rewards to all the world impartially difpenfe.

PSALM XCIII.

WITH glory clad, with ftrength array'd, the Lord, that o'er all nature reigns,
The world's foundations ftrongly laid, and the vaft fabrick rtill fuftains.
2 How furely ftablifh'd is thy throne, which mail no change or period fee!

For thou, O Lord, and thou alone, art God from all eternity.

PSALM XCIV, XCV.

3, 4 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice, and tofs the troubled waves on high ;
But God above can ftill their noife, and make the angry fea comply.

5 Thy promife, Lord, is ever fure, and they that in thy houfe would dwell>

That happy ftation to fecure, muft ftill in holinefs excel.

PSALM XCIV.

1,2

OGod, to whom revenge belongs,
Arife, thou Judge of all the earth;
3, 4 How long) O Lord, mall finful men
How long their wicked aftions boaft,
c, 6 Not only they thy faints opprefs,
The widow's and the Granger's blood,

7 " And yet the Lord (hall ne'er perceive,"
(s Nor any notice of our deeds

8 At length, ye ftupid fools, your wants
In folly will you ftill proceed,

9, 10 Can he be deaf, who form'd the ear ?
Shall earth's great Judge not puniih thofe
1 1 He fathoms all the thoughts of men,
His eye furvey^s them all, and fees

thy vengeance now difclofe ;
and crufh thy haughty foes,
their folemn triumphs make ?
and infolently fpeak ?
but unprovok'd they fpill
and helplefs orphans kill,
(profanely thus they fpeak,)
the God of Jacob take."
endeavour to difcern ;
and wifdom never learn ?
or blind, who fram'd the eye ?
who his known will defy ?
to him their hearts lie bare ;
how vain their counfels are.

The Second Part.

1 2 Blefs'd is the man, whom thou, O Lord,
And by thy facred rules to walk

1 3 This man (hall reft and fafety find
Whilft God prepares a pit for thofe ^

1 4 For God will never from his faints
His own poffeffion and his lot

i $ The world (hall then confefs thee juft
And thofe that choofe thy upright ways
1 6 Who will appear in my behalf
Or who, when finners would opprefs,
17, 1 8, 19 Long fince had I in filence llcpt,
To ftay me when I dipt : when fad,

20 Wilt thou, who art a God moft juft,
Who make the law a fair pretence

2 1 Againft the lives of righteous men
And, blood of innocents to fpill,

22 But my defence is firmly plac'd
He is my rock, to which I may

23 The Lord (hall caufe their ill defigns
He in their fins (hall cut them off,

O

PSALM

Come, loud anthems let us fing,
For we our voices high (hould raife

2 Into his prefence let us hafte,
To him addrefs, in joyful fongs,

3 For God, the Lord, enthron'd in (late
A King, fuperior far to all,

4 The depths of earth are in his hand,
The ftrength of hills that reach the (kies

in kindnefs cloft chaftife>
doft lovingly advife.
in feafons of diftrefs,
that ftubbornly tranfgrefs.
his favour wholly take ;
he will not quite forfake.
in all that thou haft done ;
(hall in thofe paths go on.
when wicked men invade ?
my righteous caufe (hall plead ?
but that the Lord was near,
my troubled heart to cheer,
their finful throne fuftain,
their wicked ends to gain ?
they form their clofe defign ;
in folemn league combine,
in God the Lord moft high ;
for refuge always fly.
on their own heads to fall ;
our God (hall flay them all.

XCV.

loud thanks to our Almighty King ;
when our falvation's rock we praife.
to thank him for his favours paft ;
the praife that to his Name belongs,
is with unrivall'd glory great ;
whom gods the heathen falfely call,
her fecret wealth at his command ;
fubjefted to his empire lies.

PSALM XCVI, XCV1T.

r The rolling ocean's vaft abyfs bv the fame fov'reign right is his :

Tis mov'd by his Almighty hand, tfiat form'd and fix'd the folid land.

6 O let us to his courts repair, and bow with adoration there ;
Down on our knees devoutly all before the Lord our Maker fall.

7 For he's our God, our fhepherd he, his flock and pafture flieep are we;
If then you'll (like his flock) draw near, to-day if you his voice will hear,

8 Let not your harden'd hearts renew your fathers' crimes and judgments too;
Nor here provoke my wrath, as they in defert plains of Meribah.

Q When through the wildernefs they mov'd, and me with frefh temptations prov'd,
They ftill, through unbelief, rebell'd, while they my wondrous works beheld*

10, 1 1 They forty years my patience griev'd, though daily I their wants reliev'd;
Then, — 'Tis a faithlefs race, I find, whofe heart from me has always ftray'd.

12 They ne'er will tread my righteous path ; therefore to them, in fettled wrath,
Since they defpis'd my reft, I fware that they mould never enter theie.

PSALM XCVI.

ING to the Lord a new-made fong ; let earth, in one aflembled throng,
Her common Patron's praife refound.

2 Sing to the Lord, and blefs his Name, from day to day his praife proclaim,

Who us has with falvation crcwn'd.

3 To heathen lands his fame rehearfe, his wonders to the univerfe.

4 He's great, and greatly to be prais'd ; in majefty and glory rais'd

Above all other deities.

5 For pageantry and idols all are they whom gods the heathen call ;

He only rules who made the ikies.

6 With majefty and honour crown'd, beauty and ftrength his throne furround.

7 Be therefore both to him reftor'd, by you who have falfe gods ador'd ;

Afcribe due honour to his Name :

8 Peace offerings on his altar lay, before his throne your homage pay,

Which he, and he alone, can claim.

9 To wormip at his facred court let all the trembling world refort.

10 Proclaim aloud, Jehovah reigns, whofe pow'r the univerfe fuftains,

And banifh'd juftice will reftore.

1 1 Let therefore hcav'n new joys confefs, and heav'nly mirth let earth exprefs ;

Its loud applaufe the ocean roar :
Its mute inhabitants rejoice, and for this triumph find a voice.

1 2 For joy let fertile vallies fing, the cheerful groves their tribute bring;

The tuneful choir of birds awake,

13 The Lord's approach to celebrate ; who now fets out with awful ftate,

His circuit through the earth to take.
From heav'n to judge the world he's come, with juftice to reward and doom.

PSALM XCVII.

JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth in his juft government rejoice ;

Let all the ifles, with facred mirth, in his applaufe unite their voice.

2 Darknefs and clouds of awful made his dazzling glory fhroud in ftate ;
Juftice and truth his guards are made, and, fix'd by his pavilion, wait.

3 Devouring fire before his face his foes around with vengeance ftruck;

4 His lightnings fet the world on blaze ; earth faw it, and with terror fhook.

5 The proudeft hills his prefence felt, their height nor ftrength could help afford ;
The proudeft hills like wax did melt in preience of th; Almighty Lord.

6 The heav'ns, his righteoufnefs to (how, with ftorms of fire our foes purfu'd ;
And all the trembling world below have his defcending glory view'd.

P S A L M XCVIH, XCIX.

7 Confounded be their impious hofts,
All who of pageant idols boaft,

8 Glad Sion of thy triumph heard,
Becaufe thy righteous judgments, Lord,

9 For thou, O God, art feared high,
Thou, Lord, unrivalPd in the (ky,

10 You, who to ferve this Lord afpire,
He'll keep his fervants' fouls entire,

11 For feeds are fown of glorious light,
And gladnefs for the heart that's right,

1 2 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord :
Deep in your faithful breafts record,

who make the gods to whom they pray;
to him, ye gods, your worfhip pay.
and Judah's daughters were o'erjoy'd ;
have Pagan pride and pow'r deft roy'd.
above earth's potentates enthron'd ;
fupreme by all the gods art own'd.
abhor what's ill, and truth efteem ;
and them from wicked hands redeem,
a future harveft for the juft ;
to recompenfe its pious truft.
memorials of his holinefs
and with your thankful tongues confefs.

PSALM XCVIII.

SING to the Lord a new made fong,
With his right hand and holy arm

2 The Lord has through th' aftonifli'd world
And made his righteous ads appear

3 Of Ifrael's houfe his love and truth
Wide earth's remoteft parts the pow'r

4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants
And all with univerfal joy

5- With harp and hymn's foft melody

6 The trumpet and fhrill cornet's found,

7 Let the loud ocean roar her joy,
The earth and her inhabitants

8 With joy let riv'lets fwell to ftreams,
And echoing vales from hill to hill

9 To welcome down the world's great Judge,
And with impartial equity

who wondrous things has done;
the conqueft he has won.
difplay'd his faving might,
in all the heathen's fight.
have ever mindful been ;
of Ifrael's God have feen.
their cheerful voices raife,
refound their Maker's praife.
into the concert bring,
before th7 Almighty King,
with all that leas contain ;
join concert with the main,
to fpreading torrents they ;
redoubled ihouts convey ;
who does with juftice come,
both to reward and doom.

PSALM XCIX.

JEHOVAH reigns, let therefore all
On cherubs' wings he fits enthron'd ;

2 On Sion's hill he keeps his court,
Yet thence his fov'reignty extends

3 Let therefore all with praife addrefs
And with his unrefifted might

4 For truth and juftice in his reign
His judgments are with righteoufnefs

5 Therefore exalt the Lord our God,
And with his unrefifted might

6 Mofes and Aaron thus of old
Among his prophets Samuel thus
Diftrefs'd, upon the Lord they call'd,
But, as with rev'rence they implor'd,

7 For with theiF camp, to guide their march,
They kept his laws, and to his will

8 He anfwer'd them, forgiving oft
And thofe who rafhly them oppos'd,
q With worfhip at his facred courts
For he, who only holy is,

the guilty nations quake :
let earth's foundations (hake,
his palace makes her tow'rs ;
fupreme o'er earthly pow'rs.
his great and dreadful Name ;
his holinefs proclaim,
of ft rength and pow'r take place
difpens'd to Jacob's race,
before his footftool fall;
his holinefs extol,
among his priefts ador'd ;
his facred Name implor'd.
who ne'er their fuit deny'd ;
he gracioully reply 'd.
the cloudy pillar mov'd :
obedient fervants prov'd.
his people for their fake ;
did fad examples make.
exalt our God and Lord ;
alone ftiould be ador'd.

P S A L M C— CII.

I) 2

PSALM C.

one confent let all the earth to God their cheerful voices raife ;
Glad homage pay with awful mirth, and fing before him fongs of praife.

3 Convinced that he is God alone,
We, whom he choofcs for his own,

4 O enter then his temple gate,
And ftill your grateful by THIS repeat,
c For he's the Lord, fupremely good,
His truth, which always firmly ftood,

from whom both we and all proceed;
the Hock that he vouch fafes to feed,
thence to his courts devoutly prefs,
and ftill his Name with praifes blefsv
his mercy is forever hire:
to endlefs ages fhall endure.

PSALM CI.

OF mercy's never-failing fpring,
And fince they both to thee belong,

2 When, Lord, thou fhalt with me reiide,
With blamelefs life myfelf I'll make

3 No ill defign will I purfue,

4 Who to reproof bears no regard,
$ The private flanderer fhall be
From haughty looks I'll turn afide,

6 But honefty, call'd from her cell,
Who virtue's practice make their care,

7 No politicks fhall recommend
None e'er fhall to my favour rife

8 All thofe who wicked courfes take
Cut off, deftroy, till none remain

and fleadfaft judgment I will fing;

to thee, O Lord, addrefs my fong.

wife difcipline my reign fhall guide ;

a pattern for my court to take.

nor thofe my fav'rites make that do.

him will I totally difcard.

in publick juftice doom'd by me.

and mortify the heart of pride.

in fplendour at my court fhall dwell:

fhall have the firft preferments there.

his country's foe to be my friend :

by flatt'ring or malicious lies.

an early facrifice I'll make ;

God's holy city to profane.

PSALM CII.

"%~M7"HEN I pour out my foul in pray
v y To thy eternal throne of grace

2 O hide not thou thy glorious face
Incline thine ear, and, when I call,

3 Each cloudy portion of my life
My fhrivell'd bones are like a hearth

4 My heart, like grafs that feels the blaft
Does languifh fo with grief, that fcarce

c By reafon of my fad eflate
My flefh is worn away, my fkin
6 I'm like a pelican become,
Or like an owl, that fits all day

In watchings or in reftlefs dreams
As by thofe folitary birds
B All day by railing foes I'm made
Who all, poffetVd with furious rage,
o When grov'ling on the ground I lie,
My bread is ftrew'd with afhes o'er,

10 Becaufe on me with double weight
for thou, to make my fall more great,

1 1 My days, juft haft'ning to their end,
My beauty does, like wither'd grafs,

12 But thy eternal ftate, O Lord,
The mem'ry of thy wondrous works

r, do thou, O Lord, attend ;
let my fad cry afcend.
in times of deep diflrefs ;
my forrows foon redrefs.
like fcatter'd fmoke expires;
parch 'd with continual fires,
of fome infectious wind,
my needful food I mind.
1 fpend my breath in groans ;
fcarce hides my ftarting bones,
that does in deferts mourn ;
on barren trees forlorn,
the night by me is fpent,
that lonefome roofs frequent,
the fubjeci of their fcorn ;
have my deltruftion fvvorn.
opprefs'd with grief and fears,
my drink is mix'd with tears,
thy heavy wrath doth lie;
didft lift me up on high,
are like an ev'ni g fhade ;
with waning luftre fade,
no length of time (hall waftc;
from age to age fhall laft.

PSALM cm.

1 3 Thou {halt arife, and Sion view
For now her time is come, thy own

14 Her fcatter'd ruins by thy faints
They grieve to fee her lofty fpires
15,16 The Name and glory of the Lord
When he fhall Sion build again,

17, 1 8 When he regards the poor's requeft,
Our fons, for this recorded grace,

19 For God, from his abode on high,
The Lord from heav'n, his lofty throne,

20 He Hften'd to the captives' moans,
And freed by his refiftlefs pow'r

21 That they in Sion, where he dwells,
And through the holy city fing

22 When all the tribes aflembling there
And neighb'ring lands, with glad confent,

23 But, ere my race is run, my ftrength
He has, when all my wifhes bloom'd,

24 Lord, end not thou my life, faid I,
Thy years, from worldly changes free,
25; The ftrong foundations of the earth
Thy hands the beauteous arch of heav'n
26, 27 Whilft thou for ever {halt endure,
And, like a garment often worn,

Like that, when thou ordain'ft their change,
But thou continu'ft ftill the fame,
28 Thou to the children of thy faints
Whofe happy race, fecurely fix'd,

with an unclouded face ;
appointed day of grace,
with pity are furvey'd ;
in duft and rubbifh laid,
all heathen kings fhall fear;
and in full ftate appear,
nor flights their earned pray'r ;
fhall his juft praife declare,
his gracious beams difplay'd :
has all the earth furvey'd.
he heard their mournful cry,
the wretches doom'd to die.
might celebrate his fame,
loud praifes to his Name,
their folemn vows addrefs,
the Lord their God confefs.
through his fierce wrath decays;
cut fliort my hopeful days,
when half is fcarcely paft :
to endlefs ages laft.
of old by thee were laid ;
with wondrous {kill have made,
they foon fhall pafs away ;
{hall tarnifh and decay.
to thy command they bend :
nor have thy years an end.
{hall lafting quiet give ;
{hall in thy prefence live.

PSALM CIII.

1,2

Y foul, infpir'd with facred love, God's holy Name for ever blefs ;

Of all his favours mindful prove, and ftill thy grateful thanks exprefs.
3, 4'Tis he that all thy fins forgives, and after ficknefs makes thee found ;

From danger he thy life retrieves, by him with grace and mercy crown'd

c, 6 He with good things thy mouth fupplies; thy vigour, eagle-like, renews :
He, when the guiltlefs fuff'rer cries, his foe with juft revenge purfues.

7 God made of old his righteous ways to Mofes and our fathers known ;
His works, to his eternal praife,

8 The Lord abounds with tender love,
His waken'd wrath does flowly move,
9, 10 God will not always harfhly chide,
And loves his punifnments to guide

were to the fons of Jacob fhown.
and unexampled afts of grace ;
his willing mercy flows apace,
but with his anger quickly part;
more by his love than our defert.
above this little fpot of clay,
the fmall refpecls that we can pay.
fo far has he our fins removed,

1 1 As high as heav'n its arch extends
So much his boundlefs love tranfcends
1 2, 1 3 As far as 'tis from eaft to weft,
Who with a father's tender breaft has fuch as fear him always lov'd.

14, 1 5 For God, who all our frame furveys, confiders that we are but clay ;
How frefh foe'er we feem, our days like grafs or flowers mull fade away,

1 6, 17 Whilft they are nipt with fuddenblafts, nor can we find their former place;
God's faithful mercy ever lafts to thofe that fear him, and their race

1 8 This {hall attend on fuch as ftill proceed in his appointed way ;

And who not only know his will, but to it juft obedience pay.

PSALM CIV.

io, 20 The Lord, the univerfal King, in heav'n has fix'd his lofty throne ;

To him, ye angels, praifes fing, in whofe great ftrength his pow'r is (hown.

Ye that his juft commands obey, and hear and do his facred will,

21 Ye hofts of his, this tribute pay, who ftill what he ordains fulfil.

22 Let ev'ry creature jointly blefs the mighty Lord: and thou, my heart,
'With grateful joy thy thanks exprefs, and in this concert bear thy part.

PSALM CIV.

BLESS God, my foul; thou, Lord, alone poflefleft empire without bounds;
With honour thou art crown'd, thy throne eternal majefty furrounds.
With light thou doft thyfelf enrobe, and glory for a garment take;

Heav'n's C' rtains ftretch beyond the globe, thy canopy of ftate to make.

3 God builds on liquid air, and forms his palace chambers in the fides;
The clouds his chariot are, and ftorms the fwift-wing'd fteeds with which he flies.

4 As bright as flame, and fwift as wind, his minifters heaven's palace fill,

To have their fundry talks aflign'd ; all proud to ferve their fov'reign's will,

c, 6 Earth on her centre fix'd he fet, her face with waters overfpread,

Nor proudeft mountains dar'd, as yet, to lift above the waves their head.

7 But when thy awful face appear'd, th' infulting waves difpers'd; they fled,
"When once thy thunder's voice they heard, and by their hafte confefs'd their dread.

8 Thence up by fecret tracks they creep, and, gufhing from the mountain's fide,
Through vallies travel to the deep, appointed to receive their tide.

9 There haft thou fix'd the ocean's bounds, the threat'ning furges to repel ;
That they no more o'erpafs their mounds, nor to a fecond deluge fwell.

The Second Part.

i o Yet thence, in fmaller parties drawn, the fea recovers her loft hills ;
And ftarting fprings from ev'ry lawn furprife the vales with plenteous rills.

1 1 The fields' tame beafts are thither led, weary with labour, faint with drought :
And afles, on wild mountains bred, have fenfe to find thefe currents out.

1 2 Their fhady trees, from fcorching beams, yield flicker to the feather'd throng ;
They drink, and to the bounteous itreams return the tribute of their fong.

13 His rains from heav'n parch'd hills recruit, that foon tranfmit the liquid ftore,
Till earth is burden'd with her fruit, and nature's lap can hold no more.

14 Grafs for our cattle to devour, he makes the growth of ev'ry field;
Herbs for man's ufe, of various pow'r, that either food or phyfick yield.

5 With clufter'd grapes he crowns the vine, to cheer man's heart, opprefs'd with cares;
Gives oil that makes his face to fhine, and corn that wafted ftrength repairs.

The Third Part.

1 6 The trees of God, without the care or art of man, with fap are fed ;
The mountain cedar looks as fair as thofe in royal gardens bred.

1 7 Safe in the lofty cedar's arms the wand'rers of the air may reft ;
The hofpitable pine from harms protects the ftork, her pious gueft.

1 8 Wild goats the craggy rocks afcend, its tow'ring heights their fortrefs maket
Whofe cells in labyrinths extend, where feebler creatures refuge take.

19 The moon's inconftant afpecl: (hows th' appointed feafons of the year;
Th' inftrucled fun his duty knows, his hours to rife and difappear.
20, 2 1 Darknefs he makes the earth to ihroud, when foreft beafts fecurely ftray ;
Young lions roar their wants aloud to Providence, that fends them prev.
22 They range all night, on flaughtei bent, till, fummon'd by the rifing morn,
To fculk in dens, with one content* the confcious ravagers return.

E

P > A L M CV.

-\irth to the tillage oi his foil the huloandman fccurely goe>.

Commencing with the fun his toil, with him returns to his repofe.

24. How various, Lord, thy works are found, for which thy wifdoin we adore ;
The earth is with thy treafure crovvn'd, nil nature's hand can grafp no more !

The Fourth Part.

2 ; But ftill the vail unfathom'd main
Whofe depths inhabitants contain

26 Full- freighted fhips fromev'ry port
Leviathan, whom there to fport

27 Theie various troops of fea and land
All wait on thy difpenfing hand,

28 They gather what thy ftores dilperfe,
Thou op'll thy hand, the univerfe,

29 Thoa for a moment hid'ft thy face,
Thou tak'ft their breath, all nature's race

30 Again thou fend'ft thy Spirit forth
Nature's reftor'd, and parent earth

j i Thus through fucceffi ve ages ftands,
Pleas 'd with the work of thy own hands,
32 One look of thine, one wrathful look,
One touch from thee, with clouds of frnoke
35 In praifing God, while he prolongs
34 And join devotion to my iong?,
jc While finners from earth's face are hurl'd,
Till with my fong the liit'ning world

of wonders a new fcene fupplies ;
of ev'ry form and ev'ry tize.
there cut their unmoleited way ;
thou mad'ft, has compafs there to play,
in fenfe of common want agree :
and have their daily alms from thee.
without their trouble to provide :
the craving world, is all lupply'd.
the num'rous ranks of creatures mourn;
forthwith to mother earth return*
t' infpire the mafs with vital feed ;
fmiles on her new-created breed,
firm fix'd, thy providential care ;
thou doft the waftes of time repair,
earth's panting breail with terror fills;
in darknefs {hrouds the proudeir, hills,
ray breath, I will that breath employ ;
fincere as is in him my joy.
ray foul, praife thou his holy Name,
join concert, and his praife proclaim.

PSALM CV.

O Render thanks, and blefs the Lord ;
Acquaint the nations with his deeds,

2 Sing to his praile, in lofty hymns
Make them the theme of your difcourfe,

3 Rejoice in his Almighty Name,
And let their heart o'erfiew with joy

4 Seek ye the Lord, his feving ftrength
And* where he's ever prefect, feek

c The wonders that his hands have wrought
1 be righteous ftatute* of his motirh,

6 Know ye, his fervant Abr'am's feed,

7 He's ftill our Gcd, his judgment?
$ His cev'oaet he hath kept in mind
Wludi yet for thouCind ages more

9 "f irft fign'd to Abr'am, next by oath

10 To Jacob aad his heirs a law

4 i That Canaan's land {hould be their lot,
i 2 But few in number, and thofe few
1 3 In pilgrimage from realm to realm
j 4 WhM proudeil monarchs for their fakes

1 5 « Thefe mine anointed are, (faid he,}

r treat tbe poorell prophet ill,

1 6 A dearth at laft, by his command,
Tin com, tbe chief fupport of life,

invoke his facred Name ;

his matchlefs deeds proclaim.

his wondrous works rehearfe ;

and fubject of your verle.

alone to be ador'd ;

that humbly feek the Lord.

devoutly ftill implore ;

his face for evermore.

keep thankfully in mind ;

and laws to us affign'd.

and Jacob's chofen race ;

throughout the earth take place.

for num'rous ages pafl ;

in equal force {hail laft.

to liaac made fecure ;

for ever to endure.

when yet but few they were ;

all friendlefe ftrangers there.

iJecurely they remov'd ;

feverely he reprov'd.

let none my- fervants wrong;

that does to me belong."

did through the land prevail ;

fuiiaining com did fail.

PSALM CM.

17 Bat his indulgent providence
Sold into Egypr, but their death

1 8 His feet with heavy chains were crufh'd,

19 Till God's appointed time and word

20 The king his fov'reign orders fent,
Whom private malice had confin'd,

21 His court, revenues, realrn, were all

22 His greateft princes to control,

The Second

had pious Jofeph fent,
who fold him to prevent,
with calumny his feme ;
to his deliverance came,
and refcu'd him with fpeed ;
the people's ruler freed,
fubje&ed to his will ;
and teach his ftatefmcn {kill.

Part.

23 To Egypt then, invited guefts,
And Jacob held, by royal grant,

24 Th' Almighty there with fuch increafe
Till with their proud oppreflbrs they

half-fcraifh'd Ifrael came ;
the fertile foil of Ham.
his people multiply'd,
in ftrength and number vy'd.

25 Tneir vail increafe th' Egyptians' hearts with jealous anger fir'd,
Till they his fervants to deftroy by treach'rous arts confpir'd.

26 His fenant Mofes then he fent, his chofen Aaron too;

27 Empower'd with figns and miracles to prove their rniffion true,

28 He cali'd for darknefs, darknefs came ; nature his fummons knew ;

29 Each ftream and lake, transform'd to blood, the wand 'ring fifties flew.

30 In putrid floods, throughout the land,
From noifome fens fent up to croak

3 1 He gave the fign, and fwarms of flies

the peft of frogs was bred ;
at Pharaoh's board and bed.
came down in cloudy hofts,
bred lice through all their coafts.
and fire for cooling dew ;
and garden's pride o'erthrew.
with caterpillars join'd ;
the ftorm had left behind,
no verdant thing they fpare ;
leave all the paltures bare.
commiflionM vengeance flew ;
and ftrength of Egypt flew,
with Egypt's borrow'd wealth ;
enrich'd with vig'rous health,
her plagues with them remov'd;
by thofe already prov'd.
a journeying cloud was fpread ;
their defert marches led.

earth's enliven'd duft below

32 He fent them batt'ring hail for rain,

33 He fmote their vines and foreft plants,

34 He fpake the word, and locufts came,
They prey'd upon the poor remains

35 From trees to herbage they defcend,
But, like the naked follow field,

36 From fields to villages and towns
One fatal ftroke their ddeft hopes

37 He brought his fervants forth, enrich'd
And, what tranfcends all treafures elfe,

38 Egypt rejoic'd, in hopes to find
Taught deari\ now to fear worfe ills

39 Their inrouding canopy by day
A fiery pillar all the night

40 They long'd for flefh ; with ev'ning quails he farnifh'd ev'ry te-
From heav'n's own granary, each morn, the bread of angels fent.

41 He fraote the rock, whole flinty breail pour'd forth a gufning tide ;
Whofe flowing ft reams, where'er they march'd, the defert's drought fupply'd.

42 For ftiil he did on Abr'am's faith an ancient league reflect ;

43 He brought his people forth with joy, with triumph his eled.

44 Quite rooting out their heathen foes
To them in cheap poffefljon ga\ e

45 That they his ftatutes might obferve,
For benefits fo vaft let us

PSALM

O Render thanks to God above,
Whole mercy firm through ages paft has ftood, and fhall for ever laft.
2 Who can his mighty deeds exprefs, not only vail but numberleis ?

^ r.-t mortal eloquence can raife his tribute of immortal praife I

E 2

from Canaan's fertile foil,
the fruit of others' toil,
his facred laws obey j
our fongs of praife repay.

CVI.
the fountain of eternal love;

PSALM CVI.

3 Happy are they, and only they,
Who know what's right, nor only fo,

4 Extend to me that favour, Lord,
When thi u return'ft to fet them free,
f O may I worthy prove to fee
That I the joyful choir may join,

6 But ah ! can we expeft fuch grace,
Who their mifdeeds have afted o'er,

who from thy judgments never ft ray :
but always praclife what they know,
thou to thy chofen doft afford :
let thy falvation vifit me.
thy faints in full profperity ;
and count thy people's triumph mine,
of parents vile the viler race ;
and with new crimes incrcas'd the fcore ?

on all his works in Egypt wrought ;
but they their bafe diftruft renew'd.
once more to their deli v 'ranee came-,
that he is God, and he alone,
the parting deep difclos'd her fand ;

7 Ungrateful, they no longer thought
The Red fea they no fooner view'd

8 Yet he, to vindicate his Name,

To make his fov'reign pow'r be known,

Q To right and left, at his command,

Where firm and dry the paffage lay, as through fome parch'd and defertway.

10 Thus refcu'd from their foes they were, who clofely prefs'd upon their rear;

1 1 Whofe rage purfu'd them to thofe waves, that prov'd the ralh purfuers' graves.

12 The wat'ry mountain's fudden fall o'erwhelm'd proud Pharaoh, hoft and all;
This proof did ftupid Ifrael move to own God's truth, and praife his love.

The Second Part.

1 3 But foon thefe wonders they forgot,

14 But, lufting in the wildernefs,

1 5 Strong food at their requeft he fent,

1 6 Yet ftill his faints they did oppofe,

1 7 But earth, the quarrel to decide,
Rafh Dathan to her centre drew,

1 8 The reft of thofe who did confpire
With all their impious train, became

i Q Near Horeb's mount a calf they made,

20 Adoring what their hands did frame,

21 Their God and Saviour they forgot,

22 His figns in Ham's aftonifh'd coaft, and

and for his counfel waited not ;

did him with frefh temptations prefs.

but made their fin their punimment ;

the prieft and prophet whom he chofe*

her vengeful jaws extending wide,
• with proud Abiram's factious crew.

to kindle wild fedition's fire,

a prey to heav'n's devouring flame.

and to the molten image pray'd ;

they chang'd their glory to their (name.

and all his works in Egypt wrought;
where proud Pharaoh's troops were loft.

23 Thus urg'd, his vengeful hand he rear'd, but Mofes in the breach appear'd ;
The faint did for the rebels pray, and turn'd heav'n's kindled wrath away.

24 Yet they his pleafant land defpis'd, nor his repeated promife priz'd ;

2£ Nor did th' Almighty's voice obey, but when God faid, Go up, would ftay.

26,27 This feal'd their doom without redrefs, to perifh in the wildernefs;

Or elfe to be by heathen hands o'erthrown, and fcatter'd thro* the lands.

The Third Part.

28 Yet, unreclaim'd, this ftubborn race
Became his impious guefts, and fed

29 Thus they perfifted to provoke
'Tis come ; — the deadly peft is come,

30 But Phinehas, fir'd with holy rage,
Did, by two bold offenders7 fall,

31 As him a heav'nly zeal had mov'd,
To him confirming, and his race,

32 At Meribah God's wrath they mov'd,

33 Whofe patient foul they did provoke,

34 Nor, when poffefs'd of Canaan's land,
Nor his commiflion'd fword employ

Baal-peor's worfhip did embrace ;
on facrifices to the dead.
God's vengeance to the final ftroke ;
to execute their general doom,
(th' Almighty vengeance to affwage,)
th' atonement make that ranfom'd all.
fo Heav'n the zealous aft approv'd ;
the priefthood he fo well did grace,
who Mofes for their fakes reprov'd ;
till rafhly the meek prophet fpoke.
did they perform their Lord's command;
the guilty nations to deftroy.

PSALM CVII.

3j Nor only fpar'd the Pagan crew,
36 And worfliip to thofe idols paid,
37, 38 To devils they did facrifice
Approach'd their altars through a flood
No cheaper victims would appeafe
No blood her idols reconcile,

but, mingling, learnt their vices too;
which them to fatal fnares betray'd.
their children with relentlefs eyes ;
of their own fons' and daughters' blood
Canaan's remorfelefs deities ;
but that which did the land defrle.

The Fourth Part.

39 Nor did thefe favage cruelties
For after their hearts' luft they went,

40 But fins of fuch infernal hue
Till he, their once indulgent Lord,

41 He them, defencelefs, did expofe
And made them on the triumphs wait

42 Nor thus his indignation ceas'd :

Till they, who God's mild fway declin'd,

43 Yet when diftrefs'd they did repent,
But freed, they did his wrath provoke,
44. Nor yet implacable he prov'd,

45 But did to mind his promife bring,

46 Companion too he did impart
And pity for their fuff'rings bred

47 Still fave us, Lord, and Ifrael's bands
So to thy Name our thanks we'll raife,

48 Let Ifrael's God be ever blefs'd,
Let all his faints, with full accord,

the harden'd reprobates fuffice ;
and daily did new crimes invent.
God's wrath againft his people drew,
his own inheritance abhorr'd.
to their infulting heathen foes ;
of thofe who bore them greateft hate,
their lift of tyrants he increas'd,
were made the vaflals of mankind*
his anger did as oft relent ;
renew'd their fins, and he their yoke,
nor heard their wretched cries unmov'd;
and mercy's inexhaufted fpring.
e'en to their foes' obdurate heart,
in thofe, who them to bondage led.
together bring from heathen lands,
and ever triumph in thy praife.
his name eternally confefs'd :
fing loud Amens — Praife ye the Lord.

PSALM CVII.

!O God your grateful voices raife,
And let your never-ceaiing praife

who does your daily patron prove ;
attend on his eternal love.

2, 3 Let thofe give thanks whom he from bands of proud opprefling foes releas'd ;
And brought them back from diftant lands, from north and fouth, and weft and eaft.

4, 5 Through lonely defert ways they went, nor could a peopled city find ;
Till, quite with thirft and hunger fpent, their fainting foul within them pin'd
6 Then foon to God's indulgent ear

s
Who gracioufly vouchfaf'd to hear,

7 From crooked paths he led them forth,
To wealthy towns of great refort,

8 O then that all the earth with me
And for the mighty works which he
o For he from heav'n the fad eftate
To hungry fouls that pant for meat,

did they their mournful cry addrefs ;
and freed them from their deep diftrefs.
and in the certain way did guide
where all their wants were well fupply'd.
would God for this his goodnefs praife,
throughout the wond'ring world difplays!
of longing fouls with pity views;
his goodnefs daily food renews.

The Second Part.
10 Some lie with darknefs compafs'd round, in death's uncomfortable ftiade

And with unwieldy fetters bound,

ii, 12 Becaufe God's counfel they defy 'd

With thefe anHiclions they were try'd :

1 3 Then foon to God's indulgent ear
Who gracioufly vouchfaf'd to hear,

14 From difmal dungeons, dark as night,
He brought them forth to cheerful light,

by prefling cares more heavy made,
and lightly priz'd his holy word,
they fell, and none could help afford,
did they their mournful cry addrefs ;
and freed them from their deep diftrefs.
and fhades as black as death's abode,
and welcome liberty beftow'd.

PSALM CVII.

1 51 O then that all the earth with me would God for this his goodnefs praife,

And for the mighty works which he throughout the wond'ring world difplayst

1 6 For he with his Almighty hand the gates of brafs in pieces broke ;
Nor could the maffy bars withftand, or temper'd ileel refill his ftroke.

The Third Part.

17 Remorfelefs wretches, void of fenfe, with bold tranfgreflions God defy,
And, for their multiply'd offence, opprefs'd with fore difeafes lie.

1 8 Their foul, a prey to pain and fear, abhors to tafte the choiceft meats;
And they by faint degrees draw near to death's inhofpitable gates.

19 Then ftraight to God's indulgent ear do they their mournful cry addrefs,
Who gracioufly vouchfafes to hear, and frees them from their deep diftrefs.

20 He all their fad diftempers heals, his word both health and fafety gives ;
And, when all human fuccour fails, from near deftruclion them retrieves.

2 1 O then that all the earth with me would God for this his goodnefs praife,
And for the mighty works which he throughout the wond'ring world difplays !

22 With off'rings let his altar flame, whilft they their grateful thanks exprefs,
And with loud joy his holy Name for all his afts of wonder blefs.

The Fourth Part.

23, 24 They that in fhips, with courage bold, o'er fwelling waves their trade purfue,
Do God's amazing works behold, and in the deep his wonders view.

2; No fooner his command is part, but forth the dreadful tempeft flies,

Which fweeps the fea with rapid hafte, and makes the ftonny billows rife.

26 Sometimes the mips, tofs'd up to heav'n, on tops of mounting waves appear;
Then down the iteep abyfs are driven ; ^whilft ev'ry foul diffblves with fear.

27 They reel and ftagger to and fro, like men with fumes of wine oppreft ;
Nor do the ikilful feainen know which way to fteer, what courfe is beft.

28 Then ftraight to God's indulgent ear they do their mournful cry addrefs;
Who gracioufly vouchfafes to hear, and frees them from their deep diftrefs.
29, 30 He does the raging ftorm appeafe, and makes the billows cairn and ftill;
With joy they fee their fury ceafe, and their intended courfe fulfil.

3 1 O then that all the earth with me would God for this his goodnefs praife,
And for the mighty works which he throughout the wond'ring world difplaysl

32 Let them, where all the tribes refort, advance to heav'n his glorious Name,
And in the elders' fov'reign court, with one confent his praife proclaim !

The Fifth Part.

33, 34 A fruitful land, where ftreams abound, God's juft revenge, if people fin,
Will turn to dry and barren ground, , to punifh thofe that dwell therein.
3 £, 30 The parch'd and defert heath he makes to flow with ft reams and fpringing wells,
Which for his lot the hungry takes, and in ftrong cities fafely dwells.

37, 38 He fows the field, the vineyard plants, which gratefully his toil repay ;
Nor can, whilft God his blefling grants, his fruitful feed or ftock decay.

39 But when his fins heav'n's wrath provoke, his health and fubftance fade away;
He feels th' oppreffor's galling yoke, and is of grief the wretched prey, [throne;

40 The prince who flights what God commands, expos'd to fcorn, muft quit his
And over wild and defert lands, where no path offers, ftray alone.

41 Whilft God, from all afflidling cares, fets up the humble man on high,
And makes in time his numerous heirs with his increafing flocks to vie.
42, 43 Then fmners fhall have nought to fay, the juft a decent joy mall mow ;
The wife thefe ftrange events fhall weigh, and thence God's goodnefs fully know.

PSALM CV1II, CIX.

PSALM CVIII.

OGod, my heart is fully bent to magnify thy Name ;

My tongue with cheerful fongs of pfraife mall celebrate thy fame.

2 Awake, my lute; nor thou, my harp, thy warbling notes delay;
Whilft I with early hymns of joy

3 To all the lift'ning tribes, O Lord,
And to thofe nations fing thy praife

4 Becaufe thy mercy's boundlefs height
And far beyond th' afpiring clouds

5 Be thou, O God, exalted high
And let the earth, with one confent,

6 That all thy chofen people thee
Let thy right hand protect: me ftill,

7 Since God himfelf has faid the word,
With joy I Shechem fhall divide,

8 Gilead is mine, ManafTeh too,
Their ftrength my regal pow'r fupports,

9 Moab I'll make rny fervile drudge,

And through the proud Philiftine lands my conquering banners fpread

10 By whofe fupport and aid mail I their well-fenc'd city gam ?
Who will my troops fecurdy lead

1 1 Lord, wilt not thou aflift our arms,
And wilt not thou of thefe our hofts

prevent the dawning day.
thy wonders I will tell ;
that round about us dwell,
the higheft heav'n tranfcends,
thy faithful truth extends,
above the ftarry frame ;
confefs thy glorious Name,
their Saviour may declare :
and anfvver thou my pray'r.
whofe promife cannot fail,
and meafure Succoth's vale,
and Ephraim ON /us my caufe :
and Judah gives my laws,
on vanquiih'd Edom tread ;

12 O, to thy fervants in diftrefs
For vain it is on human aid

1 3 Then valiant ac~ls fhall we perform,
For God it is, and God alone,

through Edom's guarded plain ?
which late thou didft forfake ?
once more the guidance take ?
thy fpeedy fuccour fend ;
for fafety to depend,
if thou thy pow'r difclofe ;
that treads down all our foes.

P S A L M CIX.

OGod, whofe former mercies make
Hold not thy peace, but my fad ftate

2 For finful men, with lying lips,
And with their ftudied flanders feek

3 Their reftlefs hatred prompts them ftill
And all againft my life combine,

4 Thofe whom with tendered love I us'd,
Whilft I, of other friends bereft,

5 Since mifchief for the good I did
And hatred's the return they make

6 Their guilty leader mall be made
And, when he's tried, his mortal foe

7 His guilt, when fentence is pronounc'd,
Whilft his rejected pray'r but ferves

8 He, fnatch'd by fome untimely fate,
Another, by divine decree,

9, 10 His feed ihall orphans be, his wife
His vagrant children beg their bread,

1 1 His ill-got riches fhall be made
The fruit of all his toil fhall be

1 2 None fhall be found that to his wants
Or to his helpless orphan feed

my conftant praife thy due,
with wonted favour view,
deceitful fpeeches frame,
to wound my fpotlefs fame,
malicious lies to fpread ;
by caufelefs fury led.
my chief oppofers are ;
refort to thee by pray'r.
their ftrange reward does prove,
for undiffernbled love :
to fome ill man a flave ;
for his accufer have,
fhall meet a dreadful fate,
his crimes to aggravate,
fha'n't live out half his days ;
fhall on his office feize.
a widow plung'd in grief;
where none can give relief.,
to ufurers a prey ;
by ft rangers borne away,
their mercy will extend,,
the leaft affiftance lend*
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PSALM CX.

1 3 A fvvift deftruftion foon ftiall feize
And the next age his hated name

14 The vengeance of his father's fins
God on his mother's crimes (hall think,
i 5 All thefe, in horrid order rank'd,
Till his fierce anger quite cuts off

on his unhappy race ;
lhall utterly deface,
upon his head ihall fall ;
and punifh him for all.
before the Lord fhall Hand,
their mem'ry from the land,

The Second Part.

1 6 Becaufe he never mercy fhow'd,
And fought to flay the helplefs man*

17 Therefore the curfe he lovM to vent
And bleffing, which he dill abhorr'd,

18 Since he in curfing took fuch pride,
Through all his veins, and flick like oil,
i Q This, like a poifon'd robe, fhall ftill
Or an envenom'd belt, from which

20 Thus fhali the Lord reward all thofe
That with malicious falfe reports

21 But for thy glorious Name, O God,
And for thy gracious mercy's fake

22 For I, to utmofl ftraits reduc'd,
My heart is wounded with diftrefs,

23 I, like an ev'ning fhade, decline,
Like locufts, up and down I'm tofs'd,

but ftill the poor opprefs'd ;

with heavy woes diftrefs'd :

fhall his own portion prove ;

fhall far from him remove.

like water it fhall fpread

with which his bones are fed.

his conftant cov'ring be,

he never fhall be free.

that ill to me defign,

againft my life combine.

do thou deliver me ;

preferve and fet me free.

am void of all relief;

and quite pierc'd through with grief.

which vanifhes apace :

and have no certain place.

24, 2 5; My knees with fafting are grown weak, my body lank and lean ;
All that behold me fhake their heads,

26) 27 But for thy mercy's fake, O Lord, 4
That all may fee 'tis thine own aft,

28 Then let them curfe, fo thou but blefs ;
Of all that my deftruclion feek ;

29 My foe fhall with difgrace be cloth'd,
His own confulion} like a cloke,

30 But 1 to God, in grateful thanks,
And, where the great affembly meets,

31 For him the poor fhall always find
And he fhall from unrighteous dooms

PSALM

and treat me with difdain.
do thou my foes withfland ;
the work of thy right hand,
let fhame the portion be
while I rejoice in thee.
and, fpite of all his pride,
the guilty wretch fhall hide,
my cheerful voice will raife ;
fet forth his noble praife.
their fure and conftant friend ;
their guiltlefs fouls defend.

CX.

THE Lord unto my Lord thus fpake : " Till I thy foes thy footftool make-
" Sit thou in ftate at my right hand ;

2 t( Supreme in Sion thou (halt be, and all thy proud oppofers fee

" Subjected to thy juft command.

3 « Thee, in thy pow'r's triumphant day, the willing nations fhall obey :

" And, when thy rifing beams they view,
" Shall all (redeem'd from error's night) appear as numberlcfs and bright
" As cryftal drops of morning dew."

4 The Lord has fworn, nor fworn in vain, that, like Melchifedech's, thy reign

And prieilhood fhall no period know :

5 No proud competitor to fit at thy right hand will he permit,

But in his wrath crown'd heads o'erthrow.

6 The fentenc'd heathen he fhall flay, and fill with carcafes his way,

Till he hath ftruck earth's tyrants dead :

7 But in the high-way brooks fhall firft, like a poor pilgrim, flake his thirft,

And then in triumph raife his head.

PSALM CXI-CXIII.

PSALM CXI.

BRAISE ye the Lord; our God to praife my foul her utmoft pow'r (hall raife,
With private friends, and in the throng of faints, his praife (hall be my fong.
2 His works forgreatnefs though renown'd, his wondrous works with eafe are found

By thofe who feek for them aright,

3 His works are all of matchlefs fame,
His truth, c->nfirm'd through ages part,

4 By precept he has us enjoin'd
And to poiterity record,

5 His bounty, like a flowing tide,
And lie will ever keep in mind

6 At once aftonifh'd and o'erjoy'd,
Whereby the heathen were fupprefs'd,

7 Juft are the dealings of his hands,

8 By truth and equity fuftain'd,

9 He fet his faints from bondage free,
For ever to remain the fame ;

and in the pious fearch delight,
and univerfal glory claim ;
mall to eternalages laft.
to keep his wondrous works in mind ;
that good and gracious is our Lord,
has all his fervants' wants fupply'd ;
his cov'nant with our fathers fign'd.
they faw his matchlefs pow'r employ 'd;
and we their heritage poifefs'd.
immutable are his commands ;
and for eternal rules ordain'd.
and then eftablifh'd his decree,
holy and rev 'rend is his Name.

jo Who wifdom's facred prize would win, muft with the fear of God begin ;
Immortal praife and heavenly (kill have they, who know and do his will.

PSALM CXII.

HALLELUJAH.

THAT man is blefs'd, who (lands in awe of God, and loves his facred law :
2 His feed on earth mail be renown'd, and with fucceflive honours crown'd.

an inexhaufted treafury;
mail bleflings to his heirs convey,
fhines brighteft in affliction's night :
as well as j uft to all mankind,
to fome he gives, to others lends ;
he faves by prudence in affairs,
unmov'd (hall he maintain his ground;
(hall flourifh when he deeps in duft.
his heart, that fix'd on God relies :
the (hipwreck of his enemies.

3 His houfe, the feat of wealth, (hall be
His juftice, free from all decay,

4 The foul that's fill'd with virtue's light
To pity the diftrefs'd inclined,

c His lib'ral favours he extends,
Yet what his charitv impairs,

6 Befet with threat'ning dangers round,
The fweet remembrance of the juft

7 111 tidings never can furprife

8 On fafety's rock he fits, and fees

o His hands, while they his alms beftow'd, his glory's future harveft fow'd;
Whence he mail reap wealth, fame, renown, a temp'ral and eternal crown.
10 The wicked mall his triumph fee, and gnafh their teeth in agony :

While their unrighteous hopes decay, and vanifti with themfelves away.

PSALM CXIII.

YE faints and fervants of the Lord, the triumphs of his Name record;
2 His facred Name for ever blefs.

3 Where'er the circling fun difplays his rifing beams or fetting rays,

Due praife to his great Name addrefs.

4 God through the world extends his fway, the regions of eternal day

But madows of his glory are.

5 With him, whofe majefty excels, who made the heav'n in which he dwells,

Let no created pow'r compare.

6 Though 'tis beneath his ftate to view in higheft heav'n what angels do,

Yet he to earth vouchfafes his care :

He takes the needy from his cell, advancing him in courts to dwell,

Companion to the greateft there.

PSALM CXIV-CXVI.

7 When childlefs families defpair, he fends the bleffing of an heir,

To refcue their expiring name ;
Makes her that barren was to bear, and joyfully her fruit to rear :

O then extol his matchlefs fame !

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PSALM CXIV.

HEN Ifrael, by th' Almighty led, (enrich'd by their oppreffors' fpoil,)
From Egypt march'd, and Jacob's feed from bondage in a foreign foil ;

chofe out imperial Judah's tent,
through Ifrael's camp his orders fent.

2 Jehovah, for his refidence,

His manfion royal, and from thence

3 The diftant fea with terror faw,

Old Jordan's ftreams, furpris'd with awe,

4 The taller mountains fkipp'd like rams,
The hills fkipp'd after them like lambs,

c O fea, what made your tide withdraw,
Why, Jordan, againft nature's law,

6 Why, mountains* did ye flcip like rams,
Why after you the bills, like lambs,

7 Earth, tremble on ; well may'ft thou fear thy Lord and Maker's face to fee ;
When Jacob's awful God draws near, 'tis time for earth and feas to flee.

8 To flee from God, who nature's law confirms and cancels at his will ;
Who fprings from flinty rocks can draw, and thirfty vales with water fill.

PSALM CXV.

and from th' Almighty's prefence fled ;
retreated to their fountain's head,
when danger near the fold they hear ;
affrighted by their leader's fear,
and naked leave your oozy bed ?
recoil'dft thou to thy fountain's head ?
when danger does approach the fold ?
when they their leader's flight behold?

LORD, not to us, we claim no (hare,
Give glory for thy mercy's fake,

2 Why mould the heathen cry, Where's now

3 Convince them that in heav'n thou art,

4 Their gods but gold and filver are,

5 With fpeechlefs mouth and fighdefs eyes

6 The pageant has both ears and nofe,

7 Its hands and feet nor feel nor move,

8 Such fenfelefs flocks they are, that we
But thofe who on their help rely,

g O Ifrael, make the Lord your truft,

10 Priefts, Levites, truft in him alone,

1 1 Let all, who truly fear the Lord,
Who them in danger can defend,

12, 13 Of us he oft has mindful been,
Priefts, Levites, Profelytes, e'en all

14 On you, and on your heirs, he will

15 Thrice happy you, who fav'rites are

16 HeavVs higheft orb of glory he
And gave this lower globe of earth

1 7 They who in death and filence fleep

18 But we will blefs for evermore

but to thy facred Name
and truth's eternal fame,
the God whom we adore ?
and uncontroll'd thy pow'r.
the works of mortal hands;
the molten idol ftands.
but neither hears nor fmells ;
no life within it dwells,
can nothing like them find,
and them for gods defign'd.
who is your help and (hield:
who only help can yield.

on him they fear rely :
and all their wants fupply.
and Ifrael's houfe will blefs ;
who his great Name confefs.
increafe of blefiings bring ;
of this almighty King !
his empire's feat defign'd ;
a portion to mankind.
to him no praife afford :
our ever-living Lord.

PSALM CXVI.

MY foul with grateful thoughts of love entirely is poffeft,
Becaufe the Lord vouchfaf'd to hear the voice of my requeft.
2 Since he has now his ear inclin'd, I never will defpair ;

But ftill in all the ftraits of life to him addrefs my pray'r,

PSALM CXV1I, CXVIIT.

3 With deadly forrows compafs'd round,
When troubles feiz'd my aching heart,

4 On God's Almighty Name I call'd,
« Lord, I befeech thee, fave my foul,
r, 6 How juft and merciful is God !
Who f-.ves the harmlefs, and to me

7 Then, free from penfive cares, my foul,
For God has wondroufly to thee

8 When death alarm'd me, he removed
My feet from falling he fecur'd,

o Therefore my life's remaining years,

Will I in praifes to his Name,

10, 1 1 In God I trufted, and of him

(For, in my flight, all hopes of aid

12, 13 Then what return to him mail I

I'll praife his Name, and with glad zeal

with pains of hell oppreft*
and anguim rack'd my breaft ;
and thus to him I pray'd :
with forrows quite difmay'd."
how gracious is the Lord !
does timely help afford,
re fume thy wonted reft ;
his bounteous love expreft.
my dangers and my fears :
and dry'd my eyes from tears,
which God to me mail lend,
and in his fervice fpend.
in greateft ft raits did boaft ;
from faithlefs men were loft.)
for all his goodnefs make ?
the cup of blefling take.

14, i c I'll pay my vows amongft his faints, whofe blood (howe'er defpit'd

15 1"J ' ':- ^~J> is always highly priz'd.

to thy dominion bow ;
thy ranfom'd captive now.
and, whilft I blefs thy Name,
to all thy faints proclaim,
and in thy houfe mail join,
and mix their fongs with mine.

By wicked men) in God's account
1 6 By various ties, O Lord, muft I
Thy humble handmaid's fon before,
17,18 To thee I'll off'rings bring of praife
The juft performance of my vows
19 They in Jerufalem mall meet,
To blefs thy Name with one confent,

PSA L,M CXVII.

WITH cheerful notes let all the earth to heav'n their voices raife :
Let all, infpir'd with godly mirth, fing folemn hymns of praife,
2 God's tender mercy knows no bound, his truth mall ne'er decay:
Then let the willing nations round their grateful tribute pay.

PSALM CXVIII.

If 2

Praife the Lord, for he is good,

That his kind favours ever laft,
3, 4 Their fenfe of his eternal love
And, that it never fails, let all

5 To God I made my humble moan,
And he releas'd me from my ft raits,

6 Since therefore God does on my fide
Why fhould the vain attempts of men

7 Since God, with thofe that aid my caufe, vouchfafes my part to take,
To all my foes I need not doubt a juft return to make.

8, 9 For better 'tis to truft in God, and have the Lord our friend,

Than on the greateft human pow'r for fafety to depend.

10, 1 1 Though many nations, clofely leagu'd, did oft befet me round ;
Yet, by his boundlefs pow'r fuftain'd, 1 did their ftrength confound.

1 2 They fwarm'd like bees, and yet their rage was but a fhort-iiv'd blaze ;

his mercies ne'er decay :
let thankful Ifrael fay.
let Aaron's houfe exprefs ;
that fear the Lord confefs.
with troubles quite oppreft
and granted my requeft.
fo gracioufly appear,
poffefs my foul with fear ?

For whilll on God I itill rely'd,

1 3 When all united prefs'd me hard,
The Lord vouchfaf'd to take my part,

1 4 The honour of my ftrange efcape
He is my Saviour and my ftrength,

I vanquiih'd them with eafe.
in hopes to make me fall,
and fav'd me from them all.
to him alone belones ;
he only claims my Tongs.

PSALM CXIX.

1 5; Joy fills the dwelling of the juft,
For wondrous things are brought to pafs

1 6 He, by his own refiftlefs pow'r,
The faving ftrength of his right hand

1 7 God will not fuffer me to fall,
That, by declaring all his works,

1 8 When God had forely me chaftis'd,
His mercy from the gates of death

19 Then open wide the temple gates
That I mav enter in, and praife

20, 21 Within thofe gates of God's abode,
Since thou haft heard, and fet me fafe,
22, 25 That which the builders once refus'd
This is the wondrous work of God,
24, 2 5 This day is God's ; let all the land
Lord, we befeech thee, fave us now,

26 Him that approaches in God's Name
" We, that belong to God's own houfe,

27 God is the Lord, through whom we all
Faft to the altar's horn with cords

28 Thou art my Lord, O God, and ftill
Becaufe thou only art my God,

29 O then with me give thanks to God,
And let the tribute of our praife

whom God has fav'd from harm ;

by his Almighty arm.

has endlefs honour won ;

amazing works has done.

but ftill prolongs my days;

I may advance his praife.

till quite of hopes bereav'dj

my fainting life repriev'd.

to which the juft repair,

my great deliv'rer there.

to which the righteous prefs ;

thy holy Name I'll biefs.

is now the corner-ftone :

the work of God alone.

exalt their cheerful voice :

and make us ftill rejoice.

letallth'affemblyblefs;

have wifh'd you good fuccefs."

both light and comfort find;

the chofen victim bind.

I'll praife thy holy Name :

I'll celebrate thy fame.

who ftill does gracious prove ;

be endlefs as his love.

H

PSALM CXIX.
ALEl>H.

OW blefs'd are they who always keep the pure and perfecl way;

Who never from the facred paths

2 How blefs'd, who to his righteous laws
And have with fervent humble zeal

3 Such men their utmoft caution ufe
But in the path which he directs

4 Thou ftridly haft enjoin'd us, Lord,
And all our diligence employ

5 O then that thy moft holy will
And I the courfe of all my life

6 Then with affu ranee mould I walk,
Convinc'd, with joy, that all my ways

7 My upright heart mail my glad mouth
When, by thy righteous judgments taught,

8 So to thy facred laws mail I
O then forfake me not, my God,

of God's commandments ftray!
have ftill obedient been;
his favour fought to win !
to fhun each wicked deed :
with conftant care proceed,
to learn thy facred will ;
thy ftatutes to fulfil,
might o'er my ways prefide !
by thy direction guide !
from all confufion free ;
with thy commands agree,
with cheerful praifes fill;
I mall have learnt thy will,
all due obfervance pay :
nor caft me quite away.

o How (hall the young preferve their
By making ftill their courfe of life

10 With hearty zeal for thee I feek,
O fuffer not my carelefs fteps

1 1 Safe in my heart, and clofely hid,
To fuccour me with timely aid,

1 2 Secur'd by that my grateful foul
O teach me then by thy juft laws,

ETH.

ways from all pollution free ?
with thy commands agree,
to thee for fuccour pray ;
from thy right paths to ftray.
thy word, my treafure, lies ;
when finful thoughts arife.
mall ever blefs thy Name :
my future life to frame.

PSALM CXIX.

13 My lips, unlock'd by pious zeal, to others have declar'd,
How well the judgments of thy mouth deferve our beft regard.

14 Whilft in the way of thy commands more folid joy I found,
Than had I been with vaft increafe of envied riches crown'd.
1 $ Therefore thy juft and upright laws (hall always fill my mind ;
And thofe found rules which thou prefcrib'ft all due refpeft mall find.

1 6 To keep thy ftatutes undefac'd (hall be my conftant joy ;
The drift remembrance of thy word (hall all my thoughts employ.

GIMEL.

17 Be gracious to thy fervant, Lord, do thou my life defend,
That I, according to thy word, my future time may fpend.

1 8 Enlighten both my eyes and mind, that fo I may difcern

The wondrous things which they behold, who thy juft precepts learn.

TO Though like a ftranger in the land from place to place I ftray,

Thy righteous judgments from my fight remove not thou away.

20 My fainting foul is almoft pin'd, with earned longing fpent,
Whilft always on the eager fearch of thy juft will intent.

21 Thy (harp rebuke (hall crufh the proud, whom ftill thycurfe purfue«;
Since they to walk in thy right ways prefumptuoufly refufe.

22 But far from me do thou, O Lord, contempt and (hame remove;
For I thy facred laws affeft with undiflembled love.

23 Though princes oft, in council met, againft thy fervant fpake;
Yet I thy ftatutes to obferve my conftant bufinefs make.

24 For thy commands have always been my comfort and delight ;
By them I learn, with prudent care, to guide my fteps aright.

DALETH,

25 My foul, opprefs'd will deadly care, clofe to the duft does cleave;
Revive me, Lord, and let me now thy promis'd aid receive.

26 To thee I ftill declar'd my ways, who didft incline thine ear :
O teach me then my future life by thy juft laws to fleer.

27 If thou wilt make me know thy laws, and by their guidance walk,
The wondrous works which thou haft done (hall be my conftant talk.

28 But fee, my foul within me finks, prefs'd down with weighty care ;
Do thou, according to thy word, my wafted ftrength repair.

29 Far, far from me be all falfe ways and lying arts remov'd !
But kindly grant I ftill may keep the path by thee approvM.

30 Thy faithful ways, thou God of truth, my happy choice I've made;
Thy judgments, as my rule of life, before me always laid.

3 1 My care has been to make my life with thy commands agree ;
O then preferve thy fervant, Lord, from (hame and ruin free.

32 So in the way of thy commands (hall I with pleafure run,
And, with a heart enlarged with joy, fuccefsfully go on.

HE.

33 InftrucT: me in thy ftatutes, Lord, thy righteous paths difplay ;
And I from them, through all my life, will never go aftray.

34 If thou true wifdom from above wilt gracioufiy impart,
To keep thy perfect laws I will devote my zealous heart.

3 5 Direcl me in the facred ways to which thy precepts lead ;

Becaufe my chief delight has been thy righteous uaths to tread.

36 Do thou to thy raoft juft commands incline mjr willing heart,

Let no defire of worldly wealth from thcc my thoughts divert.

PSALM CXIX.

37 From thofe vain objects turn my eyes, which this falfe world difplays;
But give me lively pow'r and ftrength to keep thy righteous ways.

38 Confirm the promife which thou mad'ft, and give thy fervant aid,
Who to tranfgrefs thy facred laws is awfully afraid.

39 The foul difgrace I juftly fear> in mercy, Lord, remove ;
For all the judgments thou ordain'ft are full of grace and love.

40 Thou know 'ft how after thy commands my longing heart does pant ;
O then make hafte to raife me up, and promis'd fuccour grant.

V A U.

41 Thy conftant blefling, Lord, beftow to cheer my drooping heart ;
To me, according to thy word, thy faving health impart.

42 So fhall I, when my foes upbraid, this ready anfwer make ;

« In God I truft, who never will his faithful promife break."

43 Then let not quite the word of truth be from my mouth remov'd ;
Since ftill my ground of fteadfaft hope thy juft decrees have prov'd.

44 So I to keep thy righteous laws will all my ftudy bend ;
From age to age my time to come in their obfervance fpend.

45 Ere long I truft to walk at large, from all incumbrance free 5
Since I refolve to make my life with thy commands agree,

46 Thy laws fhall be my conftant talk, and princes fhall attend,
Whilft I the juftice of thy ways with confidence defend.

47 My longing heart and ravifh'd foul fhall both o'erflow with joy,
When in thy lov'd commandments I my happy hours employ.

48 Then will I to thy juft decrees lift up my willing hands ;
My care and bufmefs then fhall be to ftudy thy commands.

ZAJN.

49 According to thy promis'd grace, thy favour, Lord, extend :
Make good to me the word, on which thy fervant's hopes depend.

50 That only comfort in diftrefs did all my griefs control ;
Thy word, when troubles hemm'd me round, reviv'd my fainting foul.

51 Infulting foes did proudly mock, and all my hopes deride ;
Yet from thy law not all their feoffs could make me turn afide.

52 Thy judgments then of ancient date I quickly call'd to mind,
Till, ravifh'd with fuch thoughts, my foul did fpeedy comfort find.

53 Sometimes 1 ftand amaz'd like one with deadly horror ftruck,
To think how all my fmful foes have thy juft laws forfook.

54 But I thy ftatutes and decrees my cheerful anthems made ;
Whilft through ftrange lands and defert wilds I like a pilgrim ftray'd.

55 Thy Name, that cheer'd my heart by day, has fili'd my thoughts by night;
1 then refolv'd by thy juft laws to guide my fteps aright.

c6 That peace of mind, which has my foul in deep diftrefs fuftain'd,
By ftrict obedience to thy will I happily obtained.

C H E T H.

57 O Lord, my God, my portion thou and fure pofTeflion art;
ihy words I fteadfaftly refolve to treafure in my heart.

58 With all the ftrength of warm defires I did thy grace implore ;
I)ifclofe, according to thy word, thy mercy's boundlefs ftore.

59 With due reflection and ftrict care on all my ways I thought;
And fo, reclaim'd to thy juft paths, my wand'ring fteps I brought.

60 I loft no time, but made great hafte, refolv'd without delay

To watch, that I might never more from thy commandments ftray.

PSALM CXIX.

6 1 Though num'rous troops of finful men
Yet I thy pure and righteous laws

62 In dead of night I will arife
Convinc'd how much I always ought

63 To fuch as fear thy holy Name
To all who their obedient wills

64 O'er all the earth thy mercy, Lord,
O make me then exactly learn

to rob me have combin'd*
have ever kept in mind,
to fing- thy folemn praife ;
to love thy righteous ways,
myfclf I clofely join ;
to thy commands refign.
abundantly is (hed ;
thy facred paths to tread.

TETH.

65 With me, thy fervant, thou hail dealt
Repeated benefits beftow'd,

66 Teach me the facred {kill, by which
Who in belief of thy commands

67 Before affliction ftopp'd my courfe,
But I have fmce been difciplin'd

68 Thou art, O Lord, fupremely good,
On me, thy ftatutes to difcern,

69 The proud have forg'd malicious lies,
But my fix'd heart, without referve,

70 While pamper'd they, with profp'rous ills,
My foul can relim no delight

7 1 'Tis good for me that I have felt
That I might duly learn and keep

7 2 The law that from thy mouth proceeds
Than untouch'd mines, than thoufand mines

mod gracioufly, O Lord ;
according to thy word,
right judgment is attain'd,
have fteadfaftly remained,
my footfteps went aftray ;
thy precepts to obey,
and all thou doft is fo ;
thy faving {kill beftow.
my fpotlefs fame to ftain ;
thy precepts mall retain,
in fenfual pleafures live,
but what thy precepts give,
affliction's chaft'ning rod,
the ftatutes of my God.
of more efteem I hold
of filver and of gold.

OD.

73 To me, who am the workmanmip
The heav'nly underftanding give

74 My prefervation to thy faints
To fee fuccefs attend my hopes,

75 That right thy judgments are, I now
And that in faithfulnels, O Lord,

7 6 O let thy tender mercy now
According to thy promife, Lord,

77 To me thy faving grace reftore,
Whofe foul can relim no delight

78 Defeat the proud, who, unprovok'd,
Who only on thy facred laws

79 Let thofe that fear thy Name efpoufe
Who have by ftrict and pious fearch

80 In thy bleft ftatutes let my heart
That guilt and fhame, the fmner's lot,

of thy Almighty hands,
to learn thy juft commands,
ftrong comfort will afford,
who trufted in thy word,
by fure experience fee;
thou haft afflicted me.
afford me needful aid j
to me, thy fervant, made,
that I again may live ;
but what thy precepts give,
to ruin me have fought,
employ my harmlefs thought,
my caufe, and thofe alone,
thy facred precepts known,
continue always found ;
may never me confound.

C A P H.

8 1 My foul with long expectance faints to fee thy faving grace j
Yet ftill on thy unerring word my confidence 1 place.

82 My very eyes confurne and fail with waiting for thy word ;
O when wilt thou thy kind relief and proinis'd aid afford ?

83 My flcin like ihiivell'd parchment fhows, that long in fmoke is fet ;
Yet no affliction me can force thy ftatutes to forget.

84 How many days muft I endure of forrow and diftrefs ?
When wilt thou judgment execute oft them who me opprefb ?

PSALM CXIX.

8 £ The proud have digg'd a pit for me, that have no other foes,

But fuch as are averfe to thee, and thy juft laws oppofe.

86 With facred truth's eternal laws all thy commands agree :
Men perfecute me without caufe ; thou, Lord, my helper be.

87 With clofe defigns againft my life they had almoft prevail'd ;
But in obedience to thy will my duty never fail'd.

88 Thy wonted kindnefs, Lord, reftore, my drooping heart to cheer;
That, by thy righteous ftatutes, I my life's whole courfe may fteer.

LA M E D.

89 For ever, and for ever, Lord, unchang'd thou doft remain :
Thy word eftabliftTd in the heav'ns does all their orbs fuftain.

90 Through circling ages, Lord, thy truth immoveable (hall (land,
As doth the earth, which thou uphold'ft by thy Almighty hand.

91 All things the courfe by thee ordain'd e'en to ^his day fulfil ;
They are the faithful fubjecls all, and fervants of thy will.

92 Unle's thy facred law had been my comfort and delight,
I mult have fainted and expir'd in dark affliction's night.

93 Thy precepts therefore from my thoughts (hall never, Lord, depart;
For thou by them haft to new life reftor'd my dying heart.

94 As I am thine, entirely thine, protecl me, Lord, from harm ;
Who have thy precepts fought to know, and carefully perform.

95 The wicked have their ambum laid my guiltlefs life to take;
But in the midft of clanger I thy word my ftudy make.

96 I've feen an end of what we call perfection here below :
But thy commandments, like thyfelfi no change or period know.

M E M.

97 The love that to thy laws I bear no language can difplay;
They with frefh. wonders entertain my ravifh'd thoughts all day.

98 Through thy commands I wifer grow than all my fubtle foes ;
For thy fure word doth me direct, and all my ways difpofe.

99 From me my former teachers now may abler counfel take,
Becaufe thy facred precepts I my conftant ftudy make.
!po In underftanding I excel the fages of our days;
Becaufe by thy unerring rules I order all my ways.

101 My feet with care I have refrain'd from ev'ry finful way,
That to thy facred word I might entire obedience pay.

102 I have not from thy judgments ftray'd, by vain defires milled ;
For, Lord, thou haft inftrufted me thy righteous paths to tread.

103 How fweet are all thy words to me! O what divine repaft !
How much more grateful to my foul than honey to my tafte !

1 04 Taught by thy facred precepts, I with heav'nly (kill am bleft :
Through which the treach'rous ways of fin I utterly deteft.

NUN.

105 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, the way of truth to fhow;
A watch-light to point out the path in which I ought to go.

1 06 1 fware, (and from my folemn oath will never ftart afide,}
That in thy righteous judgments I will fteadfaftly abide.

107 Since I with griefs am fo oppreft, that I can bear no more,
According to thy word cio thou my fainting foul reftore.

108 Let itill my facrifice of praife with thee acceptance find ;
And in thy righteous judgments, Lord, inftruft my willing mind.

PSALM CXTX.

109 Though ghaftly dangers me furround,
Nor with continual terrors keep
1 1 o My wicked and invet'rate foes
Yet I have kept the upright path,
in Thy teftimonies I have made
For they, when other comforts fail,
i r 2 My heart with early zeal began
And, till my courfe of life is done,

my foul they cannot awe ;
from thinking on thy law.
for me their mares have laid ;
nor from thy precepts ftray'd.
my heritage and choice ;
my drooping heart rejoice,
thy ftatutes to obey ;
mall keep thy upright way.

S AMECH.

1 1 3 Deceitful thoughts and practices
But to thy law affeftion bear

1 14 My hiding-place, my refuge-tow'r,
I firmly anchor all my hopes

1 1 5 Hence ye that trade in wickednefs,
For firmly I refolve to keep

1 1 6 According to thy gracious word
Nor make me of thofe hopes afham'd

1 1 7 Uphold me, fo (hall I be fafe,
To thy decrees continually

118 The wicked thou halt trod to earth,
Their vile deceit the juft reward

1 19 The wicked from thy holy land

I therefore, with fuch juftice charm'd,

1 20 Yet with that love they make me dread, left I mould fo offend,
When on tranfgreffors I behold thy judgments thus defcend.

I utterly deteft ;

too great to be expreft.

and (hield art thou, O Lord ;

on thy unerring word.

approach not my abode ;

the precepts of my God.

from danger fet me free ;

that I repofe on thee.

and refcu'd from diftrefs;

my juft refped addrefs.

who from thy ftatutes ftray'd;

of their own falfehood made.

thou doft like drofs remove ;

thy teftimonies love.

A IN.

121 Judgment and juftice I have lov'd ;
In my defence, nor give me up

122 Do thou be furety, Lord, for me,
Prove good for me ; nor fhall the proud

123 My eyes, alas! begin to fail,
Till thy falvation they behold,

124 To me, thy fervant in diftrefs,
And difcipline my willing heart

1 2 5 On me, devoted to thy fear,
That of thy teftimonies I

126 'Tis time, high time, for thee, O Lord
When men with open violence

127 Yet their contempt of thy commands
In my efteem, who pureft gold

128 Thy precepts therefore I account
They teach me to difcern the right,

O therefore, Lord, engage
to my oppreffors' rage,
and fo mall this diftrefs
my guiltlefs foul opprefs.
in long expectance held ;
and righteous word fulfill'd.
thy wonted grace difplay,
thy ftatutes to obey,
thy facred (kill beftow,
the full extent may know.
, thy vengeance to employ,
thy facred law deftroy.
but makes their value rife
compar'd with them defpife.
in all refpefts divine ;
and all falfe ways decline.

PE.

1 29 The wonders which thy laws contain no words can reprefent ;

Therefore to learn and praftife them
i 30 The very entrance to thy word
And knowledge of true happinefs
1 3 i With eager hopes I waiting ftood,
That of thy wife commands 1 might

132 With favour, Lord, look down on me, who thy relief implore ;
As thou art wont to vifit thofe who thy blefs'd Name adore.

F

my zealous heart is bent,
celeftial light difplays ;
to fimpleft minds conveys,
and fainted with defire,
the facred flcill acquire.

PSALM CXtX.

133 Directed by thy heav'nly word
Nor wickednefs of any kind

134 Releafe, entirely let me free
That, unmolefted, I may learn

1 3 5 On me, devoted to thy fear,
Thy ftatutes both to know and keep
136 My eyes to weeping fountains turn,
To fee mankind againft thy laws

let all my footfteps be ;
dominion have o'er me.
from perfecuting hands,
and praftife thy commands.
Lord, make thy face to mine
my heart with zeal incline,
whence briny rivers flow,
in bold defiance go.

TSADDI.

137 Thou art the righteous Judge, in whom wrong'd innocence may truft;
And, like thyfelf, thy judgments, Lord, in all refpefts are juft.

138 Moil juft and true thofe ftatutes were, which thou didft firft decree;
And all with faithfulnefs perform'd fucceeding times mail fee.

139 With zeal my flefh. confumes away, my foul with anguifh frets,
To fee my foes contemn at once thy promifes and threats.

140 Yet each neglected word of thine, howe'er by them defpis'd,
Is pure, and for eternal truth

141 Brought, for thy fake, to low eftate,
Yet no affronts or wrongs can drive

142 Thy righteoufnefs mall then endure,
Thy law is truth itfelf, that truth

143 Though trouble, anguifh, doubts, and dread, to compafs me unite;
Befet with danger, ftill I make^ thy precepts my delight.

144 Eternal and unerring rules* thy teftimonies give;
Teach me the wifdom that will make my foul for ever live.

by me, thy fervant, priz'd.
contempt from all I find ;
thy precepts from my mind,
when time itfelf is paft ;
which (hall for ever laft.

KOPH.

1 45 With my whole heart to God I call'd,
And I thy ftatutes to perform

146 Again more fervently I pray'd,
Thy teftimonies throughly know,

1 47 My earlier pray'r the dawning day
To him, on whofe engaging word

1 48 With zeal have I awak'd before
That I of thy myfterious word

149 Lord, hear my fupplicating voice,

0 quicken me, and fo approve

1 ^o My perfecuting foes advan«e,
What treatment can I hope from them

i 5 1 Though they draw nigh, my comfort
Thou, whofe commands are righteous all,
I <;2 Concerning thy divine decrees
That they were true, and mail their truth

Lord, hear my earneft cry ;
will all my care apply.
O fave me, that I may
and fteadfaftly obey,
prevented, while I cried
my hope alone relied,
the midnight watch was let,
might perfect knowledge get.
and wonted favour (hew;
thy judgments ever true,
and hourly nearer draw;
who violate thy law ?
is, thou, Lord, art yet more near;
thy promifes fmcere.
my foul has known of old,
to endlefs ages hold.

R E S C H.

i £3 Confider my affliction, Lord, and me from bondage draw j

Think on thy fervant in diftrefs, who ne'er forgets thy law.

154 Plead thou my caufe ; to that and me thy timely aid afford ;
With beams of mercy quicken me according to thy word.

iy From harden'd finners thou remov'ft falvation far away ;
'Tis juft thou mould'it withdraw from them who from thy ftatutes ftray.
1 56 Since great thy tender mercies are to all who thee adore ;
According to thy judgments, Lord, my fainting hopes reft ore.

PSALM CXX.

i £7 A num'rous hoft of fpiteful foes againft my life combine ; ,.

But all too few to force my foul thy ftatutes to decline.

i ^8 Thofe bold tranfgreffors I beheld, and was with grief opprefs'd,

To fee with what audacious pride thy cov'nant they tranfgrefs'd.

i 59 Yet while they flight, confider, Lord, how I thy precepts love ;

O therefore quicken me with beams of mercy from above.

r 60 As from the birth of time thy truth has held through ages paft,

So (hall thy righteous judgments firm to endlefs ages lad.

SCHIN.

161 Though mighty tyrants, without caufe, confpire my blood to died,
Thy facred word has pow'r alone to fill my heart with dread.

162 And yet that word my joyful bread with heav'nly rapture warms ;
Nor conqueft, nor the fpoils of war, have fuch tranfporting charms.

1 63 Perfidious practices and lies I utterly deteft •

But to thy laws affection bear, too vaft to be expreft.

164 Sev'n times a day, with grateful voice, thy praifes I refound,
Becaufe I find thy judgments all with truth and judice crown'd.

1 65 Secure, fubdantial peace have they who truly love thy law ;
No fmiling mifchief them can tempt, nor frowning danger awe.

1 66 For thy falvation I have hop'd, and, though fo long delay 'd,
With cheerful zeal and drifted care all thy commands obey'd.

1 67 Thy teftimonies I have kept, and conftantly obey'd ;
Becaufe the love I bore to them the fervice eafy made.

1 68 From drift obfervance of thy laws I never yet withdrew;
Convinc'd that my moft fecret ways are open to thy view.

TAU.

1 69 To my requeft and earned cry attend, O gracious Lord ;
Infpire my heart with heav'nly fkill, according to thy word.

1 70 Let my repeated pray'r at lad before thy throne appear ;
According to thy plighted word, for my relief draw near.

1 7 1 Then (hall my grateful lips return the tribute of thy praife,
When thou thy counfels had reveal'd, and taught me thy jud ways.
1 7 2 My tongue the praifes of thy word {hall thankfully refound,
Becaufe thy promifes are all with truth and judice crown'd.
173 Let thy almighty arm appear, and bring me timely aid,

For I the laws thou had ordain'd my heart's free choice have made,

j 74 My foul has waited long to fee thy faving grace redor'd ;

Nor comfort knew, but what thy Taws, thy heav'nly laws, afford.

1 7 f Prolong rny life, that I may fing my great Redorer's praife ;

Whofe judice from the depth of woes my fainting foul fhall raife.

176 Like fome lod Iheep I've dray'd, till I defpair my way to find ;

Thou, therefore, Lord, thy fervant feek, who keeps thy laws in mind.

PSALM CXX.

IN deep didrefs I oft have cried to God, who never yet denied

To refcue me, opprefs'd with wrongs.

2 Once more, O Lord, deliverance fend, from lying lips my foul defend,

And from the rage of fland'ring tongues.

3 What little profit can accrue, and yet what heavy wrath is due,

O thou perfidious tongue, to thee !

4 Thy ding upon thyfelf (hall turn ; of lading flames that fiercely burn,

The condant fuel thou {halt be,

Fz

PSALM CXXI-CXXTV.

$ But O how wretched is my doom, who am a fojourncr become

In barren Mefech's defert foil !

With Kedar's wicked tents inclos'd, to lawlefs favages expos'd,

Who live on nought but theft and fpoil.

6 My haplefs dwelling is with thofe who peace and amity oppofe,

And pleafure take in others' harms :

7 Sweet peace w all 1 court and feek; but when to them of peace I fpeak,

They ftraight cry out, « To arms, to arms!"

PSALM CXXI.

TO Sion's hill I lift my eyes, from thence expecting aid ;

2 From Sion's hill, and Sion's God, who heav'n and earth has made.

3 Then thou, my foul, in fafety reft, thy Guardian will not fleep ;

4 His watchful care, that Ifrael guards, will IfraeFs monarch keep.
$ Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings thou (halt fecurely reft,

6 Where neither fun nor moon fhall thee by day or night moleft.

7 From common accidents of life his care fhall guard thee ftill ;

8 From the blind ftrokes of chance, and foes that lie in wait to kill.

9 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, thy God fhall thee defend;
Conduft thee through life's pilgrimage fafe to thy journey's end.

PSALM CXXII.

O'Twas a joyful found to hear our tribes devoutly fay,

Up, Ifrael, to the temple hafte, and keep your feftal day.

2 At Salem's courts we muft appear with our aflembled pow'rs,

3 In ftrong and beauteous order rang'd, Ijke her united tow'rs.

4 'Tis thither, by divine command, the tribes of God repair,
Before his ark to celebrate his Name with praife and pray'r.
c Tribunals ftand erected there, where equity takes place ;
There ftand the courts and palaces of royal David's race.

6 O pray we then for Salem's peace, for they fhall profp'rous be,
(Thou holy city of our God !) who bear true love to thee.

7 May peace within thy facred walls a conftant gueft be found,
With plenty and profperity thy palaces be crown'd.

8 For my dear brethren's fake, and friends no lefs than brethren dear,
IH pray, — May peace in Salem's tow'rs a conftant gueft appear.

o But moft of all I'll feek thy good, and ever wifh thee well,

For Sion and the temple's fake, where God vouchfafes to dwell.

PSALM CXXIII.

ON thee, who dwell'ft above the flues, for mercy wait my longing eyes ;
2 As fervants watch their mafters' hands, and maids their miftreffes' commands.
3, 4 O then have mercy on us, Lord, thy gracious aid to us afford ;

To us, whom cruel foes opprefs, grown rich and proud by our diftrefs.

PSALM CXXIV.

HAD not the Lord (may Ifrael fay) been pleas'd to interpofe;
2 Had he not then efpous'd our caufe, when men againft as roic :
3,4, £ Their wrath had fwallow'd us alive, and rag'd without control;
Their fpite and pride's united floods had quite o'erwhelm'd our foul.

6 But prais'd be our eternal Lord, who refcu'd us that day,

Nor to their favage jaws gave up our threaten'd lires a pre/.

PSALM CXXV-CXXVI1I.

7 Our foul is like a bird efcap'd from out the fowler's net ;

The fnare is broke, their hopes are crofs'd, and we at freedom fet.
S Secure in his Almighty name onr confidence remains,

Who, as he made both heav'n and earth, of both fole monarch reigns.

PSALM CXXV.

WHO place on Sion's God their trud, like Sion's rock (hall (land ;

Like her immovably be fix'd by his Almighty hand.

2 Look how the hills on ev'ry fide Jerufalem inclofe;

So (lands the Lord around his faints, to guard them from their foci.

3 The wicked may afflift the juft, but ne'er too long opprefs,
Nor force him by defpair to feek bafe means for his redrefs.

4 Be good, O righteous God, to thofe who righteous deeds affcd ;
The heart that innocence retains let innocence proted.

5 All thofe who walk in crooked paths the Lord (hall foon dedroy ;
Cut off th' unjud, but crown the faints with lading peace and joy.

PSALM CXXVI.

WHEN Sion's God her fons recall'd from long captivity,
It feem'd at firft a pleafing dream of what we wifli'd to fee.

2 But foon in an accuftom'd mirth we did our voice employ,
And fung our great Reftorer's praife in thankful hymns of joy.
Our heathen foes repining flood, yet were compell'd to own,
That great and wondrous was the work our God for us had done.

3 'Twas great, fay they ; 'twas wondrous great, much more mould we confefs;
The Lord has done great things, whereof we reap the glad fuccefs.

4 To us bring back the remnant, Lord, of Ifrael's captive bands,
More welcome than refrefhing fhow'rs to parch'd and thirdy lands.

c That we, whofe work commenc'd in tears, may fee our labours thrive,
Till finifli'd with fuccefs, to make our drooping hearts rev ire.

6 Though he defpond that fows his grain, yet doubtlefs he (hall come
To bind his full-ear'd (heaves, and bring the joyful harveft home.

PSALM CXXVII.

WE build with fruitlefs cod, unlefs the Lord the pile fuftain ;

Unlefs the Lord the city keep the watchman wakes in vain.

2 In vain we rife before the day, and late to reft repair,
Allow no refpite to our toil, and eat the bread of care.

3 Supplies of life, with eafe to them, he on his faints beftows ;

He crowns their labour with fuccefs, their nights with found repofe.

4 Children, thofe comforts of our life, are pefents from the Lord ;
JHe gives a num'rous race of heirs, as piety's reward.

c As arrows in a giant's hand, when marching forth to war,

E'en fo the fons of fprightly youth their parents' Safeguard are.

6 Happy the man whofe quiver's fill'd with thefe prevailing arms ;

He needs not fear to meet his foe at law, or war's alarms.

PSALM CXXVIII.

T^HE man is bled who fears the Lord, nor only worfliip pays,
But keeps his deps confin'd with care to his appointed ways.

2 He (hall upon the fweet returns of his own labour feed ;
Without dependence live, and fee his wifties all fucceed.

3 His wife, like a fair fertile rine, her lovely fruit (hall bring ;
His children, like young olive plants, about his table fpriiig.

P S A L M CXXIX— CXXXII.

4, 5 Who fears the Lord fhall profper thus ; him Sion's God (hall blefsj
And grant him all his days to fee Jerufalem's fuccefs.

6 He fhall live on, till heirs from him defcend with vaft increafe ;
Much blefs'd in his own profp'rous ftate, and more in Ifrael's peace.

PSALM CXXIX.

FROM my youth up, may Ifrael fay,
2 Reduc'd me oft to heavy ft raits,

3 They oft have plow'd my patient back

4 But our juft God has broke their chains,
c Defeat, confufion, fhameful rout
Their righteous doom, who Sion hate,

6 Like corn upon our houfes' tops,
Which too much heat, and want of root,

7 Which in his arms no reaper takes,
Nor binder thinks it worth his pains

8 No traveller that paries by

To give it one kind look, or crave

they oft have me aflail'd ;
but never quite prevail'd.
with furrows deep and long;
and refcu'd us from wrong,
be ftill the doom of thofe,
and Sion's God oppofe.
untimely let them fade,
has blafted in the blade :
but unregarded leaves $
to fold it into (heaves,
vouchfafes a minute's flop,
Heav'n's blefling on the crop.

PSALM CXXX.

FROM loweft depths of woe
2 Lord, hear my fupplicating voice,

3 Should'ft thou feverely judge,

4 But thou forgiv'ft, left we defpond,
c My foul with patience waits

My hopes are on thy promife built,
6 My longing eyes look out
More duly than the morning watch

to God I fent my cry ;
and gracioufly reply,
who can the trial bear ?
and quite renounce thy fear.
for thee, the living Lord ;
thy never-failing word,
for thy enliv'ning ray,
to fpy the dawning day.
no bounds his mercy knows;

7 Let Ifrael truft in God,

The plenteous fource and fpring from whence eternal fuccour flows.

8 Whofe friendly ftreams to us fupplies in want convey ;
A healing fpring, a fpring to cleanfe, and wafh our guilt away

PSALM CXXXI.

OLord, I am not proud of heart,
Nor my afpiring thoughts employ

2 With infant innocence thou know'ft
Compos'd to quiet, like a babe

3 Like me let Ifrael hope in God,
Both now and ever truft in him,

nor caft a fcornful eye ;
in things for me too high.
I have myfelf demean 'd ;
that from the breaft is wean'd.

his aid alone implore :
who lives for evermore.

PSALM CXXXII.

LET David, Lord, a conftant place
Let all the forrows he endur'd
2 Remember what a folemn oath
How to the mighty God he vow'd,
3, 4 I will not go into my houfe,

in thy remembrance find :
be ever in thy mind,
to thee, his Lord, he fwore ;
whom Jacob's fons adore :
nor to my bed afcend ;
nor fleep my eyelids bend :
I mark the deftin'd ground ;
for Jacob's God have found.

No foft repofe fhall clofe my eyes,

5 Till for the Lord's defign'd abode
Till I a decent place of reft

6 ThJ appointed place with fhouts of joy at Ephrata we found,
And made the woods and neighb'ring fields our glad applaufe refound.

7 O with due rev'rence let us then to his abode repair ;

And, proftrate at his fbotftool fall'ii, pour out our humble pray'r.

PSALM CXXX1II-CXXXV.

8 A rife, O Lord, and now poflefs thy conftant place of reft ;

Be that, not only with thy ark, but with thy prefence bleft.

g, i o Clothe thou thy priefts with righteoufnefsj make thou thy faints rejoice;

hear thy anointed 's voice.

nor mall his oath be vain,

upon thy throne (hall reign.

and to my laws fubmitj

for evermore (hall fit.

all other feats excel ;

where he defires to dwell.

ic, iO Her Itores, lays he, 1 will increaie, her poor with plenty blefs j
Her faints (hall (bout for iov. her Driefts my faving health confefs.

And, for thy fervant David's fake,

1 1 God fware to David in his truth,
One of thy offspring, afrer thee,

12 And if thy feed my cov'nant keep,
Their children too upon thy throne
13, 14 For Sion does in God's efteem
His place of everlaliiii^, reft,

i c, 1 6 Her ftores, fays he, I will increafe,

fer faints (hall fhout for joy, her priefts
1 7 There David's pow'r fhall long remain in his fuccefli ve line,
And my anointed fervant there fhall with frefh luftre fnine.

confufion fhall o'erfpread,
fhall flourifh on his head.

1 8 The faces of his vanquifh'd foes]
Whilft, with confirmed fuccefs, his crown

PSALM CXXXIII.

HOW vaft muft their advantage be ! how great their pleafure prove i
Who live like brethren, and confent in offices of love !

2 True love is like that precious oil, which, pour'd on Aaron's head*
Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes

3 'Tis like refreshing dew, which does
Or like the early drops that fall

4 For Sion is the chofen feat,
The promis'd bleffing has ordain'd,

its coftly moifture fhed.
on Hermon's top diftil ;
on Sion's fruitful hill,
where the Almighty King
and life's eternal fprmg.

PSALM CXXXIV.

BLESS God, ye servants that attend
That in his temple, night by night,
2, 3 Within his houfe lift up your hands,
From Sion blefs thy Ifrael, Lord,

PSALM

OPraife the Lord with one confent,
Let all the fervants of the Lord

2 Praife him all ye that in his houfe
With thofe that to his outmoft courts

3 For this our trueft int'reft is,

And with loud fongs to blefs his Name,

4 For God his own peculiar choice
And Ifrael's offspring for his own

5 That God is great we often have
And feenliow he with wondrous pow'r

6 For he with unrefifted ftrength

In heav'n and earth, and vvat'ry ftores,

upon his folemn ftate,

with humble rev'rence wait :

and blefs his holy Name ;

who heav'n and earth didfl frame.

cxxxv.

and magnify his Name ;
his worthy praife proclaim,
attend with conftant care ;
with humble zeal repair,
glad hymns of praife to fing ;
a moft delightful thing,
the fons of Jacob makes ;
moft valued treafure takes,
by glad experience found ;
above all gods is crown'd.
performs his fov'reign will,
that earth's deep caverns fill,
which, pois'd in liquid air,

7 He raifcs vapours from the ground,

Fall down at laft in fhow'rs, through which his dreadful lightnings glare.

8 He from his ftorehoufe brings the wind; and he with vengeful hand
The firft-born flew of man and beaft through Egypt's mourning land,
o He dreadful figns and wonders fhew'd through ftubborn Egypt's coafts;
Nor Pharaoh could his plagues efcape, nor all his num'rous hofts.

10, 1 1 'Twas he that various nations fmote, and mighty kings fupprefs'd;
Sihon and Og, and all befides who Canaan's land polfefs'd.

PSALM CXXXVI.

12, 13 Their land upon his chofen race he firmly did entail;
For which his fame (hall always laft, his praife fhall never fail.

14 For God mall foon his people's caufe with pitying eyes furvey ;
Repent him of his wrath, and turn his kindled rage away.

15 Thofe idols, whofe falfe worlhip fpreads o'er all the heathen lands,
Are made of filver and of gold, the work of human hands.

1 6, 1 7 They move not their fictitious tongues, nor fee with polim'd eyes ;
Their counterfeited ears are deaf, no breath their mouth fupplies.

1 8 As fenfelefs as themfelves are they that all their (kill apply

To make them, or in dang'rous times
iq Their juft returns of thanks to God
Nor let the priefts of Aaron's race

20 Their fenfe of his unbounded love
And let all thofe that fear the Lord

2 1 Let all with thanks his wond'rous works in Sion's courts proclaim ;
Let them in Salem, where he dwells, exalt his holy Name.

on them for aid rely,
let grateful Ifrael pay ;
to blefs the Lord delay,
let Levi's houfe exprefs ;
his Name for ever blefs.

PSALM CXXXVI.

TO God, the mighty Lord,
To him due praife afford,
For God does prove
His boundlefs love
2, 3 To him whofe wondrous pow'r
Whom earthly kings adore,

For God, &c.
4, 5; By his almighty hand
The heav'ns by his command

For God, &c.

6 He fpread the ocean round
And made the rifmg ground

For God, &c.

7, 8, 9 Through heav'n he did difplay
The fun to rule by day,

For God, &c."

10, ii, 12 He ftruck the firft-born dead
And thence his people led

For God, &c.

13, 14 By him the raging fea,
Difclos'd a middle way,

For God, &c.

i £ Where foon he overthrew
Who, daring to purfue,

For God, &c.

1 6, 17, 1 8 Through deferts vail and wild
And famous princes foil'd,

For God, &c.

19, 20 Sihon, whofe potent hand
And Og, whofe ftern command
For God, &c.

21, 22 And of his wondrous grace,
He gave to Ifrael's race,
For God, &c.

your joyful thanks repeat ;

as good as he is great.

our conftant friend;

lhall never end.

all other gods obey,

this grateful homage pay.

amazing works are wrought ;
'were to perfection brought.

about the fpacious land ;
above the waters ftand.

his numerous hofts of light ;
the moon and ftars by night.

of Egypt's ftubborn land ;
with his refiitlefs hand.

as if in pieces rent,

through which his people went.

proud Pharaoh and his hofl,
were in the billows loft.

he led the chofen feed ;

and made great monarchs bleed.

great Ammon's fceptre fway'd ;
rich Baman's land obey'd.

their lands, whom he deftroy'd>
to be by them enjoy'd.

PSALM CXXXVII-CXXXIX.

23, 24 He, in our depth of woes,

And from our cruel foes
For God, &c.

2{, 26 He does the food fupply

To God who reigns on high
For God will prove
His boundlefs love

on us with favour thought,
in peace and fafety brought.

on which all creatures live :
eternal praifes give,
our conftant friend ;
(hall never end.

PSALM CXXXVII.

WHEN we, our wearied limbs to reft, fat down by proud Euphrates' ftream,
We wept, with doleful thoughts oppreft, and Sion was our mournful theme.
2 Our harps, that when with joy we fung, were wont their tuneful parts to bear,
With filent ftrings neglefted hung

3 Meanwhile our foes, who all confpir'd
Mufick and mirth of us requir'd ;

4 How (hall we tune our voice to fing ?
Shall hymns of joy to God our King

c O Salem, our once happy feat,
Let then my trembling hand forget

6 If I to mention thee forbear,
Or if I fing one cheerful air,

7 Remember, Lord, how Edom's race,
Cried out, " Her ftately walls deface,

8 Proud Babel's daughter, doom'd to be
Bleft is the man who (hall to thee

g Thrice bleft, who with juft rage poffeft,
Shall fnatch thy infants from the breaft,

on willow trees that wither'd there,
to triumph in our llavifli wrongs,
" Come, fing us one of Sion's fongs."
or touch our harps with (kilful hands ?
be fung by (laves in foreign lands ?
when I of thee forgetful prove,
the fpeaking ftrings with art to move,
eternal (ilence feize my tongue ;
till thy deliv'rance is my fong.
in thy own city's fatal day,
and with the ground quite level lay."
of grief and woe the wretched prey ;
the wrongs thou lay'ft on us repay,
and deaf to all the parents' moans,
and dam their heads againft the ftones,

PSALM CXXXVIII.

WITH my whole heart, my God and
Before the gods with joy I'll fmgj

2 I'll worftiip at thy facred feat;
The praifes of thy truth repeat,

3 Thou gracioufly inclin'dft thine ear,
And, when my foul was prefs'd with fear,

4 Therefore (hall ev'ry earthly prince
Whom thefe admir'd events convince

5 They all thy wondrous ways, O Lord,
And all thy glorious afts record,

6 For God, although enthron'd on high,
The proud far off his fcomful eye

n Though I with troubles am opprefs'd,
Relieve my foul when moft diftrcfs'd,
8 The Lord, whofe mercies ever laft,
And, mindful of his favours pad,

King, thy praife I will proclaim ;
and blefs thy holy Name.
and, with thy love infpir'd,
o'er all thy works admir'd.
when I to thee did cry ;
didft inward ftrength fupply.
thy Name with praife purfue,

that all thy works are true,
with cheerful fongs (hall blefs ;

thy awful pow'r confefs.

does thence the poor refpeft ;

beholds with juft neglec~t.

he (hall my foes difarm ;

and keep me fafe from harm.

(hall fix my happy ftate ;

(hall his own work complete.

PSALM CXXXIX.

THOU, Lord, by ftrideft fearch haft known my rifing up and lying down ;
2 My fecret thoughts are known to thee, known long before conceiv'd by me.

3 Thine eye my bed and path furveys, my publick haunts and private ways ;

4 Thou know'ft what 'tis my lips wpuld vent, my yet unutter'd words' intent.
$ Surrounded by thy pow'r I (land, on ev'ry fide I find thy hand :

6 O (kill, for human reach too high ! too dazzling bright for mortal eye 1

PSALM CXL.

7 O could I fo perfidious be, to think of once deferring thee,
Where, Lord, could I thy influence fliun ? or whither from thy prefence run ?

8 If up to heav'n I take my flight, 'tis there thou dwell'ft enthron'd in ligh
Or dive to hell's infernal plains, 'tis there Almighty vengeance reign

9 If I the morning's wings could gain, and fly beyond the weftern main,

10 Thy fwifter hand would firft arrive, and there arreft thy fugitive.

1 1 Or mould I try to fhun thy fight beneath the fable wings of night;
One glance from thee, one piercing ray, would kindle darknefs into day.

1 2 The veil of night is no difguife, no fcreen from thy all-fearching eye
Through midnight fhades thou find'ft thy way, as in the blazing noon of day.

13 Thou know ft the texture of my heart, my reins, and ev'ry vital part;
Each {ingle thread in nature's loom by thee was cover'd in the womb.

1 4 I'll praife thee, from whofe hands I came, a work of fuch a curious frame j
The wonders thou in me haft mown, my foul with grateful joy muft own
i j Thine eyes my fubftance did furvey, while yet a lifelefs mafs it lay ;

In fecret how exactly wrought, ere from its dark inclofure brought.

1 6 Thou didft the fhapelefs embryo fee, its parts were regifter'd by thee ;
Thou faw'ft the daily growth they took, form'd by the model of thy book.

1 7 Let me acknowledge too, O God, that, fmce this maze of life I trod,
Thy thoughts of love to me furmount the pow'r of numbers to recount.

1 8 Far fooner could I reckon o'er the fands upon the ocean's more ;
Each morn, revifing what I've done, I find th' account but new begun.

19 The wicked thou malt flay, O God : depart from me, ye men of blood,

20 Whofe tongues Heav'n's majefty profane, and take th' Almighty's Name in vai

2 1 Lord, hate not I their impious crew, who thee with enmity purfue ?
And does not grief my heart opprefs, when reprobates thy laws tranfgrefs

22 Who praftife enmity to thee * fhall utmoft hatred have from rne ;
Such men I utterly deteft, as if they were my foes profeft.

23, 24 Search, try, O God, my thoughts and heart, if mifchief lurks in any part;
Correct me where I go aftray, and guide me in thy perfect way.

PSALM CXL.

PRESERVE me, Lord, from crafty foes of treacherous intent ;
2 And from the fons of violence, on open mifchief bent.

3 Their fland'ring tongue the ferpent's fting in fharpnefs does exceed ;
Between their lips the gall of afps and adders' venom breed.

4 Preferve me, Lord, from wicked hands, nor leave my foul forlorn,
A prey to fons of violence, who have my ruin fworn.
c The proud for me have laid their fnare, and fpread their wily net;
With traps and gins, where'er I move, I find my fteps befet.

6 But thus environ'd with diftrefs, thou art my God, I faid;
Lord, hear my fupplicating voice, that calls to thee for aid.

7 O Lord, the God, whofe faving ftrength kind fuccour did convey,
And cover'd my advent'rous head in battle's doubtful day :

8 Permit not their unjuft defigns to anfwer their defire;
Left they, encourag'd by fuccefs, to bolder crimes afpire.
o Let firft their chiefs the fad effects of their injuftice mourn :
The blaft of their envenom'd breath upon themfelves return.

10 Let them who kindled firft the flame its facrifice become ;
The pit they digg'd for me be made their own untimely tomb.

1 1 Though flander's breath may raife a ftorm,it quickly will decay ;
Their rage does but the torrent fwell that bears themfelves away.
j 2 God will aflqrt the poor man's caufe, and fpeedy fuccour give ;
The juft ihall celebrate his praife, and in his prefence live.

PSALM CXLI— CXLIII.

P S A L M CXLI.

TO thee, O Lord, my cries afcend,
And with accuftom'd pity hear

2 Inftead of off" rings, let my pray'r
My lifted hands fupply the place

3 From liafly language curb my tongue,
Still keep the portal of my lips,

4 From wicked men's defigns and deeds
Nor let me in the booty (hare

$ Let upright men reprove my faults,
Like balm that heals a wounded head,
And, in return, my fervent pray'r
When they are tempted and reduced,

6 When feu Iking in En-gedi's rock
If one reproachful word I fpoke,

7 Yet us they perfecute to death ;
As thick as from the hewer's axe

8 But, Lord, to thee I (till dired
O leave not deftitute my foul,

9 Do thou preferve me from the fnares
Let them in their own nets be caught,

P S A L M

TO God, with mournful voice,
2 Made him the umpire of my caufe,
3 Thou didft my fteps direct,
For where I thought to walk fecure,
4 1 look'd, but found no friend
All refuge fail'd, no man vouchfaf'd
c To God at laft I pray'd ;
My portion in the land of life,

6 Reduc'd to greateft (traits,

O fave me from opprefiing foes,

7 That I may praife thy Name,
Whilft of thy kind regard to me

0 hade to my relief;
the accents of my grief,
like morning incenfe rife ;
of ev'ning facrifice.

and let a conftant guard
with wary filence barr'd. *
my heart and hands reftrain ;
of their unrighteous gain,
and I (hall think them kind ;

1 their reproof (hall find :
I (hall for them addrefs,
like me, to fore diftrefs.
I to their chiefs appeal,
when I had pow'r to kill,
our fcatter'd ruins lie
the fever'd fplinters fly.
my fupplicating eyes ;
whofe truft on thee relies,
that wicked hands have laid :*
while my efcape is made.

CXLII.

in deep diftrefs I pray'd ;
my wrongs before him laid,
when my griev'd foul defpair'd ;
they had their traps prepar'd.
to own me in diftrefs :
his pity or redrefs.
thou, Lord, my refuge art,
till life itfelf depart,
to thee I make my moan :
for me too pow'rful grown,
my foul from prifon bring;
affembled faints (hall fing.

PSALM CXLIII.

LORD, hear my pray'r, and to my cry
In thy accuftom'd faith and truth

2 Nor at thy ftri<ft tribunal bring
For in thy fight no living man

3 The fpiteful foe purfues my life,
He drives me into caves as dark

4 My fpirit therefore is o'erwhelm'd,
My mournful heart grows defolate,

c I call to mind the days of old,
My former dangers and efcapes

6 To thee my hands in humble pray'r
My foul for thy refremment thirds,

7 Hear me with fpeed ; my fpirit fails;
Left I become forlorn, like them

8 Thy kindnefs early let me hear,
Teach me the way where I ftxculd go j

thy wonted audience lend ;

a gracious anfwer fend.

thy fervant to be tried ;

can e'er be juftified.

whofe comforts all are fled ;

as manfions of the dead.

and (inks within my breaft ;

with heavy woes oppreft.

and wonders thou haft wrought :

employ my mufing thought.

I fervently ftretch out ;

like land opprefs'd with drought,

thy face no longer hide,

that in the grave refide.

whofe truft on thee depends ;

my foul to thee afcends.

PSALM CXLIV, CXLV.

9 Do thou, O Lord, from all my foes
A fafe retreat againft their rage
i o Thou art my God, thy righteous will
Let thy good Spirit lead and keep

11 O ! for the fake of thy great Name,
For thy truth's fake, to me, diftrefs'd,

1 2 In pity to my fuff'rings, Lord,
Slay them that perfecute a foul

PSALM

preferve and fet me free ;
my foul implores from thee.
inftruft me *o obey ;
my foul in thy right way.
revive my drooping heart ;
thy promis'd aid impart,
reduce my foes to fhame ;
devoted to thy Name.

CXLIV.

FOR ever blefs'd be God the Lord, who does his needful aid impart ;
At once both ftrength and Ikill afford to wield my arms with warlike art.

2 His goodnefs is my fort and tow'r, my ftrong deliv'rance and my fhield ;
In him I truft, whofe matchlefs pow'r makes to my fway fierce nations yield.

3 Lord, what's in man, that thou fhould'ft love of him fuch tender care to take ?

What in his offspring could thee move

4 The life of man does quickly fade,
His days are like a flying made,

5 In folemn ftate, O God, defccnd,
The fmoaking hills afunder rend,

fuch great account of him to make ?
his thoughts but empty are and vain ;
of whofe fhort flay no figns remain,
whilft heav'n its lofty head inclines;
of thy approach the awful figns.

6 Difcharge thy dreadful lightnings round, and make my fcatter'd foes retreat;
Them with thy pointed arrows wound, and their deftruftion foon complete.
7, 8 Do thou, O Lord, from heav'n engage thy boundlefs pow'r my foes to quell
And fnatch me from the ftormy rage of threatening waves, that proudly fw "
Fight thou againft my foreign foes, who utter fpeeches falfe and vain;

Who, though in folemn leagues they clofe, their fworn engagement ne'er maintai

9 So I to thee, O King of kings, ; in joyful hymns my voice fhall raife ;
And inftruments of various firings {hall help me thus to fing thy praife

10 "God does to kings his aid afford, to them his fure falvation fends;
« 'Tis he that from the murd'ring fword his fervant David ftill. defends."

1 1 Fight thou againft my foreign foes, who utter fpeeches falfe and vair
Who, though in folemn leagues they clofe, their fworn engagements ne'er maint

1 2 Then our young fons like trees fhall grow, well planted in fome fruitful place
Our daughters fhall like pillars mow, defign'd fome royal court to grace

13 Our garners, fill'd with various ftore,
Our fheep, increafing more and more,

14 Strong fhall ourlab'ring oxen grow,
Whilft we no war nor flav'ry know,

1 5 Thrice happy is that people's cafe,
Who God's true worfhip ftill embrace,

PSALM

fhall us and our's with plenty feed ;
mall thoufands and ten thoufands breed,
nor in their conftant labour faint ;
and in our ftreets hear n'o complaint,
whofe various bleffings thus abound;
and are with his protection crown'd.

CXLV.

I, 2HT1HEE I'll extol, my God and King, thy endlefs praife proclaim ;
JL This tribute daily I will bring, and ever blefs thy Name.

3 Thou, Lord, beyond compare art great, and highly to be prais'd ;
Thy majelty, with boundlefs height,

4 Renown'd for mighty acts, thy fame
From age to age thy glorious Name

c, 6 Whilft I thy glory and renown,
The world with me thy might fhall own,

7 The praife, that to thy love belongs,
Thjf truth of all their grateful fongs

8 The Lord is good, frefh acls of grace
His anger moves with floweft pace,

above our knowledge rais'd.
to future times extends;
fucceffively defcends.
and wondrous works exprefs ;
and thy great pow'r confefs.
they fhall with joy proclaim ;
fhall be the conftant theme,
kis pity ftill fupplies ;
his willing mercy fiies.

PSALM CXLVI, CXLV1I.

g, 10 Thy love through earth extends its fame, to all thy works exprefs'd :
Thefe (hew thy praife, whilft thy great Name is by thy fervants blefs'd.

1 1 They, with the glorious profped fir'd, (hall of thy kingdom fpeak ;
And thy great pow r, by all admir'd,

12 God's glorious works of ancient date
And thus his kingdom's royal ftate

13 His fteadfaft throne, from changes free,
His boundlefs fway no end fhall fee,

their lofty fubjeft
fhall thus to all be known ;
with publick fplendor (hown.
(hall ftand for ever faft ;
but time itfelf outlaft.

The Second Part.

1 4, 1 5; The Lord does them fupport that fall,

For his kind aid all creatures call,

16 Whate'er their various wants require,

And fo fulfils the juft defire

17, 1 8 How holy is the Lord, how juft,

How nigh to him, who with firm truft

19 He grants the full defires of thofe
And will their troubles foon compofe,

20 The Lord preferves all thofe with care
But fmners, who his vengeance darej

2 1 My time to come, in praifes fpent,
And all mankind, with one confent,

and makes the proftrate rife ;
who timely food fupplies.
with open hand he gives;
of ev'ry thing that lives,
how righteous all his ways !
for his afliftance prays !
who him with fear adore ;
when they his aid implore,
whom grateful love employs ;
with furious rage deftroys.
fhall ftill advance his fame,
for ever blcfs his Name.

o

PSALM CXLVI.

Praife the Lord, and thou,my foul, for ever blefs his Name ;

His wondrous love, while life fhall laft, my conftant praife fhall claim,

3 On kings, the greateft fons of men,
They cannot fave in dangerous times,

4 Depriv'd of breath, to duft they turn,
And all their thoughts and vain defigns
c Then happy he, who Jacob's God
Who ftiil with well-plac'd hope the Lord

let none for aid rely ;
nor timely help apply,
and there neglected lie,
together with them die.
for his protector takes ;
his conltant refuge makes.

6 The Lord, who made both heav'n and earth, and all that they contain,

Will never quit his fteadfail truth,

7 The poor oppreft from all their wrongs
He gives the hungry needful food,

8 By him the blind receive their fight,
With kind regard and tender love

o The ftrangers he preferves from harm,
Defends the widow, and the wiles
10 The God that does in Sion dwell
From age to age his reign endures;

nor 4nake his promife vain,
are eas'd by his decree ;
and fets the prisoners free,
the weak and fall'n he rears ;
he for the righteous cares,
the orphan kindly treats,
of wicked men defeats,
is our eternal King :
let all his praifes fing.

PSALM CXLVII.

OPraife the Lord with hymns of joy,
For pleafant, good, and comely 'tis
2 His holy city God will build,
Bring back his people, though difpers'd
5, 4 He kindly heals the broken hearts,
He tells the number of the ftars,
c, 6 Great is the Lord, and great his pow'r,
The meek he raifes, but throws down

and celebrate his fame :
to praife his holy Name,
though levell'd with the ground ;
through all the nations round,
and all their wounds doth clofe ;
their feveral names he knows,
his wifdom has no bound ;
the wicked to the ground.

PSALM CXLVIII.

7 To God, the Lordf a hymn of praife with grateful voices fing ;

To fongs of triumph tune the harp, and (Irike each warbling firing.

8 He covers heav'n with clouds, and thence refrefhing rain beftows ;
Through him, on mountain tops, the grafs with wondrous plenty grows.

9 He favage beafts, that loofely range, with timely food fupplies ;
He feeds the raven's tender brood, and flops their hungry cries.

10 He values not the warlike fteed,
The nimble foot, that fwiftly runs,

1 1 But he, to him that fears his Name,
To him that on his boundlefs grace
12, 13 Let Sion and Jerufalem

Who fenc'd their gates with maffy bars,

14, ic Through all their borders he gives peace, with fineft wheat they're fed ;

He (peaks the word, and what he wills is done as foon as faid.

1 6 Large flakes of fnow, like fleecy wool, defcend at his command ;
And hoary froft, like afhes fpread, is fcatter'd o'er the land.

1 7 When, join'd to thefe, he does his hail in little morfels break ;
Who can againft his piercing cold fecure defences make ?

1 8 He fends his word, which melts the ice; he makes his wind to blow ;
And foon the dreams, congeal'd before, in plenteous currents flow.

1 9 By him his ftatutes and decrees to Jacob's fons were fhown ;
And ftill to IfraeFs chofen feed his righteous laws are known.

20 No other nation this can boaft, nor did he e'er afford

To heathen lands his oracles, and knowledge of his word.

HAILELUJAH,

but doth his rtrength difdain ;
no prize from him can gain,
his tender love extends ;
with fteadfaft hope depends,
to God their praife addrefs;
and does their children blefs.

PSALM CXLVIII.

i, 2 "%7^E boundleis realms of joy,
JL His praife your fong employ

Your voices raife,

And feraphim,

3, 4 Thou moon, that rul'd the night,
Ye glitt'ring dars of light,

His praife declare,

And clouds that move
c, 6 Let them adore the Lord,
By whofe almighty word

And all (hall lad

His firm decree
7, 8 Let earth her tribute pay;
Ami fifh, that through the fea

Fire, hail, and fnow,

And winds that, where
9, 10 By hills and mountains, (all
By cedars dately tall,

By ev'ry bead,

And fowl of wing,
11,12 Let all of royal birth,
And judges of the earth,

In this defign

And hoary heads

exalt your Maker's fame,

above the flarry frame ;

ye cherubim

to fing his praife.

and fun, that guid'ft the day ;

to him your homage pay ;

ye heav'ns above,

in liquid air.

and praife his holy Name,

they all from nothing came ;

from changes free ;

(lands ever faft.

praife him, ye dreadful whales,

glide fwift with glitt'ring fcales ;

and miily air,

he bids them, blow.

in grateful concert join'd,^

and trees for fruit delign'd ;

and creeping thing,

his Name be bled.

with thofe of humbler frame,

his matchlefs praife proclaim.

let youths with maids,

with children join.

1 3 United zeal be fhown
Whofe glorious Name alone

Earth's utmoft ends
His glorious fway

1 4 His chofen faints to grace,
And favours IfraeFs race,

O therefore raife
And ftill rejoice

PSALM CXLIX, CL.

his wondrous fame to raife,
deferves our endlefs praife.

his pow'r obey ;
the fky tranfcends.
he fets them up on high,
who ftill to him are nigh,
your grateful voice,
the Lord to praife.

PSALM CXLIX.

I) 2

Praife ye the Lord,
His praife in the great

Jn our great Creator

And children of Sion

3, 4 Let them his great Name

With timbrel and harp

Who always takes pleafure

And with his falvation

c, 6 With glory adorn'd,

To God, who their beds

Their mouths fill'd with praifes

Whilit a two-ed^ed fword

7, 8 Juft vengeance to take

To punifh thofe lands

With chains, as their captives,

With fetters of iron

o Thus fhall they make good,

The dreadful decree

Such honour and triumph

O therefore for ever

prepare your glad voice,
aflembly to fmg :
let Ifrael rejoice ;
be glad in their king,
extol in the dance ;
his praifes cxprefs :
his faints to advance*
the humble to blefs.
his people fhall fmg
with fafety does mield ;
of him their great King;
their right hand ftiall wield,
for injuries part;
for ruin defign'd ;
to tie their kings faft,
their nobles to bind,
when them they deftroy,
which God does proclaim :
his faints fhall enjoy;
exalt his great Name.

O

PSALM CL.

Praife the Lord in that bleft place, from whence his goodnefs largely flows ;
Praife him in heav'n, where he his face unveil'd in perfect glory fhows.

2 Praife him for all the mighty afts
His kindnefs this return exacts,

3 Let theftirill trumpet's warlike voice
Praife him with harp's melodious noife,

4 Let virgin troops foft timbrels bring,
Let inftruments of various firings,

£ Let them, who joyful hymns compofe,
Cymbals of common ufe, and thofe
6 Let all that vital breath enjoy,
In juft returns of praife employ :

which he in our behalf hath done ;
with which our praife fhould equal run.
make rocks and hills his praife rebound ;
and gentle pfalt'ry's filver found,
and fome with graceful motion dance;
with organs join'd, his praife advance,
to cymbals fet their fongs of praife;
that loudly found on folemn days,
the breath he does to them afford,
let ev'ry creature praife the Lord.

THE END OF THE PSALMS.

T

GLORIA PATRI.

Common Measure.
O Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, the God whom we adore,

Be glory ; as it was, is now, and lhall be evermore.

As the 25/7* Psalm.

To God the Father, Son, and Spirit, glory be ;

As 'twas, and is, and lhall be fo to all eternity.

As the 100th Psalm.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, the God whom earth and heav'n adore,

Be glory ; as it was of old, is now, and (hall be evermore.

As- the old \\Zth, and the last part of the 123d Psalm.
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, the God whom heavVs triumphant hoft

And fuff'ring faints on earth adore,

Be glory ; as in ages paft, as now it is, and fo mail laft,

When time itfelf (hall be no more.

As the 14,8th Psalm.

To God the Father, Son, and Spirit, ever bleft,

Eternal Three in One, all wormip be addreft ;

As heretofore it was, is now,

And (hall be fo for evermore.

As the 149th Psalm.

B^y angels in heav'n of ev'ry degree,

And faints upon earth, all praife be addreft

To God in Three Ferfons, one God ever bleft ;

As it has been, now is, and always (hall be.

HYMNS, &c.

YENI CREATOR.

First Metre.

COME, Holy Ghoft ; Creator, come, and vifit all the fouls of thine :
Thou haft infpir'd our hearts with life; infpire them now with life divine.
Thou art the Comforter, the gift of God moft high ; the fire of love,

The everlafting fpring of joy, and holy unclion from above.

Thy gifts are manifold ; thou writ'ft God's laws in ev'ry faithful heart ;

The promife of the Father, thou doft heav'nly eloquence impart.

Enlighten our dark fouls, till they thy love, thy heav'nly love embrace ;

And (fince we are by nature frail) aflift us with thy faving grace.

Drive far from us the mortal foe, and grant us to have peace within;

That, with thy light and guidance bleft, we may efcape the fnares of fin.
Teach us the Father to confefs, and Son, who from the grave reviv'd ;

And, with the Father and the. Son, the Holy Ghoft, from both deriv'd.

With thee, O Father, therefore may the Son, who was from death reftor'd,

And facred Comforter, one God, to endlefs ages be ador'd !

VENI CREATOR.

Second Metre.

COME, Holy Ghoft; Creator, come, infpire the fouls of thine ;
Till ev'ry heart which thou haft made is fill'cl with grace divine.
Thou art the Comforter, the gift of God, and fire of love ;

The cvcrlafting fpring of joy, and unciion from above.

HYMNS, &c.

Thy gifts are manifold, thou writ'st
The promise of the Father, thou
Enlighten our dark souls, till they
Assist our minds, by nature frail,
Drive far from us the mortal foe,
That, by thy guidance bless'd, we may
Teach us the Father to confess,
And, with them both, the Holy Ghost,
With thee, O Father, therefore, may
And sacred Comforter, one God,
As in all ages heretofore
As now it is, and shall be so

God's laws in each true heart;
dost heav'nly speech impart,
thy sacred love embrace ;
with thy celestial grace,
and give us peace within ;
escape the snares of sin.
and Son, from death reviv'd ;
who art from both deriv'd.
the Son, from death restor'd,
devoutly be ador'd :
has constantly been done,
when time his course has run.

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS.
The First Part.

OGod, we praise thee, and confess that thou the only Lord
And everlasting Father art,
To thee all Angels cry aloud ;
Both Cherubim and Seraphim,
O holy, holy, holy Lord,
The world is with the glory fill'd
Th' Apostles' glorious company,
With all the Martyrs' noble host,
The holy Church throughout the world,
That thou eternal Father art,
Thy honour'd, true, and only Son,
Of never-ceasing joy : O Christ,
The Father's everlasting Son,
To save mankind, and didst not then
And, having overcome the sting
The gates of heav'n to all, who firm

The Second Part.

Crown'd with the Father's glory, thou at God's right hand doth sit;
Whence thou shalt come to be our Judge, to sentence or acquit.

by all the earth ador'd.

to thee the powers on high,

continually do cry,

whom heav'nly hosts obey ;

of thy majestic ray.

and Prophets crown'd with light,

thy constant praise recite.

O Lord, confesses thee ;

of boundless majesty.

and Holy Ghost the spring

of glory thou art King,

thou from on high didst come

disdain the Virgin's womb.

of death, thou open'dst wide

in thy belief abide.

O therefore save thy servants, Lord,
Nor let the purchase of thy blood,
We magnify thee day by day,
Vouchsafe to keep us, Lord, this day
Have mercy, mercy on us, Lord,
According as for mercy \\e
In thee I have repos'd my trust,
Preserve me then from ruin here,
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Be glory ; as it was, is now,

whose souls so dearly cost ;
thy precious blood, be lost,
and ever worship thee :
from sin and danger free,
to us thy grace extend ;
on thee alone depend!
and ever shall do so;
and from eternal woe.
the God whom we adore,
and shall be evermore.

FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.

Morning Service.

HIGH let us swell our tuneful notes, and join th' angelic throng,
For angels no such love have known, t' awake a cheerful song.
Good-will to sinful men is shown, and peace on earth is given ;

For, lo! th' incarnate Saviour comes with messages from heaven.

Justice and grace, with sweet accord, his rising beams adorn ;

Let heav'n and earth in. conceit join, to us a Child is born.

G

HYMNS, &c.

Glory to God in highest strains, in highest worlds be paid;

His glory by our lips proclaini'ci, and by our lives display'd.

When shall we reach those blissful realms where Christ exalted reigns?
And learn of the celestial choir their own immortal strains'!

Evening Service.

HARK, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born King,

Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconcil'd :
Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies,

With tli' angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Hark, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born King.
Christ by highest lieav'n ador'd, Christ the everlasting Lord,

Late in time behold him come, offspring of a virgin's womb:

Veil'd in flesh the Godhead he, hail th' incarnate Deity:

Pleas'd as man with man appear, Jesus our Immanuel here.

Hark, the herald, &c.
Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace !
Li^ht and life to all he brings,
Mild he lays his glory by,
Born to raise the sons of earth,

Hark, the herald, &c.

hail the Sun of righteousness !
ris'n with healing in his wings :
born that man no more may die
born fro give them second birth.

FOR EASTER DAY.

First Hymn.

SINCE Christ, our passover, is slain
Let all with thankful hearts agree
Not with the leaven, as of old,
But with unfeign'd sincerity,
Christ, being rais'd by pow'r divine,
Shall die no more ; death shall on him
For that he died, 'twas for our sins
But that he lives, he lives to God
So count yourselves as dead to sin,
And made henceforth alive to God,
To Faiher, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Be glory ; as it was, is now,

a sacrifice for all ;
to keep the festival :
, of sin and malice fed;
and truth's unleaven'd bread,
and rescu'd from the grave,
no more dominion have,
he once vouchsafed to die ;
for all eternity,
but graciously restor'd,
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
the God whom we adore,
and shall be evetmore.

did guilt and death derive,
shall all be made alive,
seek only how to get
at God's right hand doth sit.

FOR EASTER DAY.

Second Hymn.

CHRIST from the dead is rais'd, and made the firstfruits of the tomb ;
For as by man came death, by man did resurrection come.
For as in Adam all mankind
So by the righteousness of Christ
If then ye risen are with Christ,
The things that are above, where Christ
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom heav'n's triumphant host,

And surf 'ring saints o,n earth adore,
Be glory ; as in ages past, as now it is, and so shall last,

When time itself shall be no more.

FOR THE SACRAMENT.

MY God, and is thy table spread, and doth thy cup with love o'erflow !
Thither be all thy children led, and Jet them all thy sweetness know.
Hail, sacred feast, which Jesus makes, rich banquet of his flesh and blood !
Thrice happy he who here partakes that sacned stream, that heav'nly food.

II Y M N S, &c.

Why are its dainties all in vain

Was not for you the victim slain ?

O ! let thy table honour'd be,

And may each soul salvation see,

Let crowds approach, with hearts prepar'd,

Nor, when we leave our Father's board,

Receive thy dying churches, Lord,

And more, that energy afford,

before unwilling hearts display 'd ?
are you forbid Ihe children's bread ?
and furnish'd well with joyful guests!
that here its sacred pledges tastes,
with hearts inflam'd let all attend ;
the pleasure or the profit end.
and bid our drooping graces live ;
a Saviour's blood alone can give.

FOR THE MORNING.

AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun thy daily stage of duty run ;
Shake off dull sloth, and early rise to pay thy morning sacrifice.

and live this day as if the last ;
for the great day thyself prepare,
thy conscience as the noon-day clear ;
thy secret thoughts, thy works and ways,
and with the angels bear thy part j
high glory to th' eternal King.

Praise God, from whom all Uessings flow, praise him, all creatures here below ;
Praise him above, angelic host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

WAKE, my soul, and with the sun
Shake off dull sloth, and early rise
Redeem thy mispent moments past,
Thy talents to improve take care ;
Let all thy converse be sincere,
For God's all-seeing eye surveys
Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart,
Who all night long unwearied sing

BENEDICTUS ;
Or, The SONG of Zacharias, Luke i. 68.

NOW bless'd be Israel's Lord and God,
Has visited his people's grief,
And rais'd in faithful David's house
E'er since the world itself began,
To save us from our spiteful foes,
Which he to Abr'am heretofore,
That we, from fear and dan»er freed,
And all our days, as in his sight,
And thou, O child, shall then be call'd
His message, and before his face
To give them light, who now in shades
And in the way that leads to peace

whose mercy at our need
and them from bondage freed;
salvation, which of old,
his prophets had foretold,
and keep his oath in mind,
and to our fathers sign'd ;
his temple may frequent ;
in holy life be spent.
God's prophet, to declare
his passage to prepare :
of night and death abide ;
our footsteps safely guide.

M

MAGNIFICAT;

Or, The SONG of the Blessed Virgin, Luke i. 46.

Y soul and spirit, fill'd with joy, my God and Saviour praise,
Whose goodness did from poor estate his humble handmaid raise.

Me bless'd of God, the God of pow'r,
Whose name is holy, and whose love
The proud, and all their vain designs,
He cast the mighty from their seat,
The hungry with good things were fill'd,
He sent his servant Israel help,
Which to our fathers heretofore
To Abr'am and his chosen seed

all ages shall confess ;
his saints shall ever bless,
he quickly did confound ;
the meek and humble crown'd.
the rich with hunger pin'd ;
and call'd his love to mind j
by oath he did insure,
for ever to endure.

GLORIA PATRI.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom we adore*

Be glory ; as it was, is now, -and shall be evermore.

G2

HYMNS, &c.

NUNC DIMITTIS;
' Or, The SONG of St. Simeon, Luke ii. 29.

LORD, let thy servant now depart into thy promised rest,
Since my expecting eyes have been with thy salvation blest :
Which till this time thy favour'd saints and prophets only knew;
Long since prepar'd, but now set fortli in all the people's view.
A light to shew the heathen world the way to saving grace ;

But, O ! the light and glory both of Israel's chosen race.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom we adore,

Be glory ; as it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

THE CREED.

I Steadfastly believe in God, the Father of all might ;
Who made this lower world, and all the glorious worlds of light.

And I believe in Jesus Christ, the everlasting Word ;

Th' Almighty Father's only Son, and our most gracious Lord.

Conceiv'd by th' Holy Ghost, and of the Virgin Mary born ;

By Pontius Pilate doom'd to bear most bitter pains and scorn ;

Was crucify 'd, and for a time, both dead and bury'd lay ;

Descended into hell ; and rose to life on the third day ;

Ascended up to heav'n ; and there at God's right hand is plac'd ;
From whence he shall return to judge the quick and dead at last.

I likewise firmly do believe, O Holy Ghost, in thee ;

The holy universal Church, and saints' community.

Forgiveness of repented sins, (through Christ, our sacrifice,)

The resurrection of the dead, and life that never dies.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom we adore,

Be glory ; as it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

THE LORD'S PRAYER.
, First Metre,

OUR Father, who in heaven art, thy Name be hallow'd in each heart.

Thy kingdom come : may we fulfil, who dwell on earth, thy heav'uly will,
With equal cheerfulness and love, as saints and angels do above.

Give us this day our daily bread : us into no temptation lead :

But with thy grace preserve us still from sin, and ev'ry thing that's ill ;

For thine the kingdom, and the pow'r, and glory are for evermore.

GLORIA PATRI.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom all the sacred host

Of saints and angels do adore, all glory be ; as heretofore

It was, is now, and so shall be to ages of eternity,

THE LORD'S PRAYER.

Second Metre.

OUR Father, who in heaven art, all hallow'd be thy Name ;

Thy kingdom come; thy will be done throughout this earthly frame,
As cheerfully as 'tis by those who dwell with thee on high ;

Lord, let thy bounty day by day our daily food supply.

As we forgive our enemies, thy pardon, Lord, we crave ;

Into temptation lead us not, but us from evil save.

For kingdom, pow'r, and glory, all belong, O Lord, to thee ;

Thine from eternity they were, and thine shall ever be.

O

HYMNS, &c.

THE LAMENTATION OF A SINNER,
Lord, turn not thy face from me, who lie in woeful state,

Lamenting all my sinful lite before thy mercy-gate ;

A gate which opens wide to those that do lament their sin :

Shut not that gate against me, Lord, but let nu- enter in.

And call me not to strict account, how I have sojoum'd here ;

For then my guilty conscience knows how vile 1 shall appear.

I need not to confess my life to thee, who best can tell

What I have betn, and what I am ; I know thou know'st it well.

The circumstances of my crimes, their number and their kind,
Thou know'sl them a» • and more, much more than I can call to mind :

Therefore, with tears, I come to beg of my offended God,

For pardon, like a child that dreads his angry parent's rod.

So come 1 to thy mercy-gate, where mercy doth abound,

Imploring pardon for my sin, to heal my deadly wound.

O Lord, I need not to repeat the comfort I would have :

Thou know'st, O Lord, before I ask, the blessing I do crave.

Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask, this is the total sum ;

For mercy, Lord, is all my suit ; Lord, let thy mercy come!

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom we adore,

Be glory ; as it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

SONG OF THE ANGELS,

At the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour, Luke ii. 8 — 15.

WHILE shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, all seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came clown, and glory shone around.
" Fear not," said he, (for mighty dread had seiz'd their troubled mind,)
" Glad tidings of great joy I bring to you and all mankind,

" To you, in David's town, this day is born of David's line,

"The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; — and this shall be the sign :
"The heav'nly Babe you there shall find to human view display 'd,
"All meanly wrapt in swathing-bands, and in a manger laid/'
Thus spake the Seraph, and forthwith appear'd a shining throng
Of angels, praising God, and thus address'd their joyful song :

" All glory be to God on high, and to the earth be peace j

" Good-will henceforth from Heav'n to men begin, and never cease."

THREE HYMNS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION.
HYMN I. Out of the Revelation of St. John.

THOU, God, all glory, honour, pow'r, art worthy to receive ;
Since aM things by thy power were made, and by thy bounty live.
And worthy is the Lamb, all pow'r, honour, and wealth to gain,

Glory and strength ; who for our sins a sacrifice was slain.
All worthy thou, who hast redeem'd and ransom'd us to God,

From ev'ry nation, ev'ry coast, by thy most precious blood.

Blessing and honour, glory, pow'r, by all in earth and heav'n,

To him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb be giv'n.

HYMN II. Revelation, Chap. xix.

ALL ye who faithful servants are of our Almighty King,

Both high and low, and small and great, his praise devoutly sing !
Let us rejoice and render thanks to his most holy Name ;

Rejoice, rejoice ! for now is come the marriage of the Lamb.

HYMNS, &c.

His bride herself has ready made, how pure and white her dress!

Which is her saints' integrity, and spotless holiness.

O therefore bless'd is every one, who to the marriage feast,

And holy supper of the Lamb, is made a welcome guest !

HYMN III. The Thanksgiving in the Church Communion Service.

TO God be glory, peace on earth, to all mankind good-will ;
We bless, we praise, we worship thee, and glorify thee still.

And thanks for thy great glory give, that fills our souls with light;

O Lord ! God ! heav'nly King ! the God and Father of all might.

And thou, begotten Son of God, before all time begun ;

O Jesu Christ ! God, Lamb of God, the Father's only Son !

Have mercy, thou that tak'st the sins of all the world away !

Have mercy, Saviour of mankind, and hear us when we pray !

O thou, who sitt'st at God's right hand, upon the Father's throne,

Have mercy on us, Thou, O Christ, who art the Holy One !

Tbou, Lord, — who with the Holy Ghost, whom earth and heav'n adore,

In glory of the Father art most high for evermore.

GLORIA PATRI.

TO God, our benefactor, bring the tribute of your praise ;

Too small for an Almighty King, but all that we can raise.

Glory to Thee, bless'd Three in One, the God whom we adore ;

As was, and is, and shall be done, when time shall be no more.

PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heav'nly host, praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

DIRECTIONS ABOUT THE TUNES AND MEASURES.

ALL Psalms of this Version in the Common Measure of Eights and Sixes,
that is, where the first and third Lines of the single Stanza consist of eight
Syllables each, the second and fourth Lines of six Syllables each, may be sung to
any of the most usual Tunes, namely, York Tune, Windsor Tune, St. David's,
Litchfield, Canterbury, Martyr's, St. Mary's alias Hackney, St. Anne's Tune, &c.

As the Old 25th Psalm, may be sung the New 25, -31, 51, 67, 130, 142.
As the Old 113, the 37, 46, 50, 63, 76, 91, 110, 113, 120.
As the Old 148, the 136, 148.
As the Old 104, the 149.

The Psalms in this Version of four Lines in a single Stanza, and eight Syllables
in each Line, (if Psalms oi praise or cheerfulness) may properly be sung as the
Old 100th Psalm, or to the Tune of the Old 125th Psalm, Second Metre.

The Penitential or Mournful Psalms, in the same Measure, may be sung as
the Old 5 1st Psalm.

PRAYER ON ENTERING CHURCH.

ASSIST us, Lord, in these our Prayers and Supplications; arid grant that those
. things which we ask faithfully, we may obtain effectually, through Jesus
Christ our Lord.

WHEN THE SERVICE IS ENDED.

THANKS be to thy holy Name, most gracious God, for this opportunity of
attending thy publick Service; and grant, O Lord, that neither our Inatteri-
tion or want of Devotion may render our imperfect Petitions unacceptable in thvv
sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

TABLE OF THE PSALMS.

A Psalm

AGAINST all those that strive 35
As pants the hart for cooling 40,
At length, by certain proofs 73

Behold, O God, how heathen hosts 79
Bless God, my soul ; thou, Lord, alone 104
Bless God, ye servants that attend 134

D

Defend me, Lord, from shame 31

Do thou, O God, in mercy help 56

Deliver me, O Lord, my God 59

F

For thee, O God, our constant praise 65
From my youth up, may Israel say 129
From lowest depths of woe 130

For ever bless'd be God the Lord 144

G

God is our refuge in distress 46

Give ear, thou Judge of all the earth 55
God in the great assembly stands 82
God's temple crowns the holy mount 87

H

ITow blest is he who ne'er consents 1
How many, Lord, of late are grown , 3
How long wilt thou forget me, Lord 13
He's bless'd, whose sins have pardon 32
Happy the man, whose tender care 41
Have mercy, Lord, on me 51

Hear, O my people; to my law 78

Hold not thy peace, O Lord our God 83
He that has God his guardian made 91
How good and pleasant it must be 92
How blest are they who always keep 119
Had not the Lord, may Israel say 124
How vast must their advantage be 133

Judge me, O Lord, for I the paths 26
I'll celebrate thy praises, Lord 30

I waited meekly for the Lord 40

Just Judge of heav'n, against my foes 43
In vain, O man of lawless might 52
In thee I put my steadfast trust 71

In Judah the Almighty's known 76
Jehovah reigns, let all the earth 97
Jehovah reigns, let therefore all 99
In deep distress I oft have cry'd 120

L

Lord, hear the voice of my complaint 5
Lord, who's the happy man that may 15
Let all the just to God with joy 33
Let all the list'nin^ world attend 49
Lord, save me for thy glorious Name 54
LOK), hear my cry, regard my pray'r 61

Psalm

Lord, hear the voice of my complaint 04
Let all the lands, with shouts of joy 66
Let God, the God of battle, rise 68
Lord, let thy just decrees the king 72
Lord, thou hast granted to thy land 86
Lord, not to us, we claim n® share 115
Let David, Lord, a constant place 132
Lord, hear my pray'r, and to my cry 143

M

My God, my God, why leav'st thou me 22
My crafty foe with flatt'ring art 36
My soul for help on God relies 62

My soul, inspired with sacred love 103
My soul with grateful thoughts 116

N
No change of times shall ever shock 18

O

O Lord, thou art my righteous judge 4
O Lord, my God, since I have plac'd 7
O thou, to whom all creatures DOW 8
O Lord, my rock, to thee I cry 28

O Lord, our fathers oft have told 44
O all ye people, clap your hands 47
O God, who hast our troops 60

O God, my gracious God, to thee 63
O Lord, to my relief draw near 70

O Israel's shepherd, Joseph's guide 80
O God of hosts, the mighty Lord 84
O Lord, the saviour and defence 90
O God, to whom revenge belongs 94
O come, loud anthems let us sing 95
Of mercy's never-failing spring 101
O render thanks, and bFess the Lord 105
O render thanks to God above 106

O God, my heart is fully bent 108

O God, whose former mercies 109

O praise the Lord, for he is good 118
O 'twas a joyful sound to hear 122

On thee, who dwell'st above 123

O Lord, I am not proud of heart 131
O praise the Lord with one consent 135
O praise the Lord, and thou 14G

O praise the Lord with hymns 147

O praise ye the Lord 149

O praise the Lord in that blest place 150

Protect me from my cruel foes 16

Praise ye the Lord; our God 111

Preserve me. Lord, from crafty foes 140

R

llesolv'd to watch o'er all my ways 39

S
Since I have plac'd' my trust in God 11

TABLE OF THE PSALMS, &c.

Psalm.

Since godly men decay, O Lord 12

Sure wicked fools must needs 14

Speak, O ye judges of the earth 58

Save me, O God, from waves that roll 69

Sing to the Lord a new-made song 96

Sing to the Lord a new-made song 98

Thy dreadful anger, Lord, restrain 6
To celebrate thy praise, O Lord 9

Thy presence why withdraw'st thou 10
To my just plea and sad complaint 17
The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord 19
The Lord to thy request attend 20

The King, O Lord, with songs of praise 21
The Lord himself, the mighty Lord 23
This spacious earth is all the Lord's 24
To God, in whom I trust 25

Thro' all the changing scenes of life 34
Tho' wicked men grow rich or great 37
Thy chast'ning wrath, O Lord 38

The Lord, the only God, is great 48
The Lord hath spoke, the mighty God 50
The wicked fools must sure suppose 53
Thy mercy, Lord, to me extend 57

To bless thy chosen race 67

To thee, O God, we render praise 75
To God I cry'd, who to my help 77
To God, our never-failing strength 81
To my complaint, O Lord my God 86
To thee, my God and Saviour, I 88

Psalm i

Thy mercicf., Lord, shall be^my song 89
To God your grateful voices raise 107
The Lord unto my Lord thus spake 110
The man is bless'd, who stands 112

To Sion's hill I lift my eyes 181

The man is blest that fears the Lord 128
To God the mighty Lord 136

Thou, Lord, by strictest search 139
To thee, O Lord, my cries ascend 141
To God, with mournful voice 142

Thee I'll extol, my God and King 145

With restless and ungovern'd rage 2
Whom should I fear, since God to me 27
While I the king's loud praise 45

Why hast thou cast us off", O God 74
With glory clad, with strength array'd 93
With one consent let all the earth 100
When I pour out my soul in prayer 102
When Israel, by th' Almighty led 114
With cheerful notes let all the earth 117
Who place on Sion's God their trust 125
When Sion's God her sons recall'd 126
We build with fruitless cost, unless 127
When we, our wearied limbs to rest 137
With my whole heart, my God 138

Ye princes, that in might excel 29

Ye saints and servants of the Lord 113
Ye boundless realms of joy 148

HYMNS AT THE END OF THE PSALMS.

VENI CREATOR,— First and Second Metre.

TE DEUM LAUD AMUS,— First and Second Part.

CHRISTMAS DAY, — Morning and Evening Service.

EASTER DAY,— First and Second Hymns.

HYMN for the Sacrament.

HYMN for the Morning. f.

BENEDICTUS.

MAGNIFICAT,— with GLORIA PATRI.

NUNC DIMITTIS.

THE CREED.

LORD'S PRAYER,— First Metre with GLORIA PATRI, and Second Metre.

LAMENTATION of a SINNER.

SONG of the ANGELS, &c.

For the HOLY COMMUNION,— First, Second, and Third Parts.

GLORIA PATRI.

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